Network Security: A Hacker’s Perspective

(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.

“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

“At 18, Ankit Fadia is one of the youngest computer security experts the country can boast of.”
---The Hindu