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Title: Network Security: A Hacker’s Perspective
Publishers: Macmillan India Ltd, Premier Press, Thomson Press and Pearson Education (2002).
Pages: 342 pages
Languages: English, Korean.
Endorsements: Mr. Kiran Karnik (Chairman, NASSCOM)
Mr. Chandrababu Naidu (Chief Minister, Andra Pradesh, India) |
Awards:
- Crossword Bookstore Bestseller List
- Word Worth’s Bookstore Bestseller List.
- IndiaTimes Bestseller List
Description:
(From Amazon.com)
Network Security: A Hackers Perspective will help you step into the minds of computer criminals so you can predict their moves and stop them before they can strike. You will become a real hacker profiler as you find out the ways in which these attackers can infiltrate your system, including stealing your identity by obtaining your IP address; gathering information through port scanning, fingerprinting, and sniffing; and attacking password files. Whether you are a network administrator or recreational user of the Internet, you will learn the right countermeasures to protect sensitive information and ensure that neither you nor your company ever become a defenseless target.
(From BarnesAndNoble.com)
Network Security: A Hacker’s Perspective will help you step into the minds of computer criminals so you can predict their moves and stop them before they can strike. You’ll become a real hacker profiler as you find out the ways in which these attackers can infiltrate your system, including stealing your identity by obtaining your IP address; gathering information through port scanning, fingerprinting, and sniffing; and attacking password files. Whether you are a network administrator or recreational user of the Internet, you will learn the right countermeasures to protect sensitive information and ensure that neither you nor your company ever become a defenseless target. Learn how to counteract some of the most common hacker attacks.
Rave Reviews:
| “One of the best books on Computer Security in the International Market.” - N Chandrababu Naidu (Chief Minister, Andra Pradesh) |
| “Workers at Ground Zero had just started carting away World Trade Center rubble when a top secret US Security Agency tracked down Ankit Fadia. What did they want with this 16-year-old New Delhi native? The feds suspected that Osama Bin Laden and his terrorist network were using steganography to communicate with each other. They wanted Ankit, a computer security expert, to help them decode the ruse” - Teen People magazine (USA) |
| “Young Indian Author of hacking guides is star speaker at HackAsia 03 – the IT industry’s leading event for network security to be held in Singapore…” -Today newspaper,SINGAPORE |
| “Just 18 but hacker whiz-kid can counter Net Criminals” -The Strait Times, SINGAPORE |
| “Fighting Fire with Fire” -Computer Times, SINGAPORE |
| “This is an ambitious and detailed guide to important concepts and practical considerations in the field of computer security” -Jennifer Stisa Granick Esq. (Lecturer in law and Litigation Director, Center for Internet and Society, Stanford Law School and Director, The Honeypot Research Project) |
| “Jack of all hacks” -Indian Express |
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