n today's connected networking environment, network security breaches are on the rise. The technology and techniques used to break into a protected network is getting more sophisticated day by day. Malicious hackers are everywhere, looking for loopholes in your network to launch an attack. INTRUSION ALERT: An Ethical Hacker's Guide to Intrusion Detection introduces you to the concepts of Intrusion Detection and the various intrusion detection products. Three of the most popular IDS systems (Unix/Linux and Windows Environment) are covered. This book shows you, step-by-step, how to start and work with an Intrusion Detection System. You will learn about

• Computer Security and Intrusion Detection
• The Attack Framework and Attack Models
• Types and Categories of Intrusion Detection and Intrusion Prevention Systems
• Various kind of attacks, including Distributed DoS with Reflectors (DRDoS)
• Principles of an Intrusion Detection System
• Types of IDS Architecture
• Concepts of TCP/IP that is important for understanding the working of IDS
• Microsoft Internet Acceleration and Security Server 2004 (ISA SERVER 2004)
• Working with TCPDUMP
• SNORT Intrusion Detection System.

If you are looking for a beginners' guide to network security and Intrusion Detection Systems, this is the book for you.