Hacking Exposed, Sixth Edition: Network Security Secrets& Solutions: Network Security Secrets and Solutions

click here for more details, find new or used items	Stuart Mcclure, Joel Scambray, George Kurtz Our price £17.49 (£34.99) New from £16.62 Used from £18.39 Pages: 720 (Paperback) ISBN: 0071613749 Pub: McGraw-Hill Osborne Pub date: 2009-02-01 Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 31760

Reader Reviews:

Best book on hacking around! (2/2 people found this helpful)

This is the best book i have read about hacking and the internet. It gives you plenty of information, examples, images and advice. It teaches you the different tools, softwares and techniques that hackers use and it displays numbers from 1 to 10 about how dangerous they are, how easy for the hacker to do is and more! Certainly a great read and its perfect for a quick look up, its abit like a dictionary for hacking but better!

Excellent (1/1 people found this helpful)

Full of detailed information for all kinds of security vulnerabilities. Not great for those with little technical knowledge.

A MUST have! (2/2 people found this helpful)

OK... it is (at least) weird that this book has not been reviewed yet...

Anyway, this book is the 6th edition of the Hacking Exposed legacy and, in my opinion, it is the strongest book of the series. This book tries to cover every aspect of IS and exploits and, we must say, it does a very good job. Of course it is not oriented to a particular technology as it touches many different topics such as Windows, Unix, Web and Application hacking as well as hacking tools. If somebody needs a more detailed approach, he can consult other more technology-specific books such as The Web Application Hacker's Handbook by Stuttard D. and Pinto M.

What I like in this book is the way every possible exploit is approached and the structure it is presented through(Threat Evaluation, Attack Explanation, Mitigation/Countermeasures). This book is everything somebody would need to gain an overall picture of the threats and risk that his/her system may have. After reading this book, you will notice that you will probably need a more detailed and oriented book as previously mentioned but that's the way it goes...right? My only objection may be the overall Chapter structure but no author can satisfy everyone...can he?

Thumbs up for the Hacking Exposed series which continues to have a more systematical and mature approach than most of the books out there. Definitely a MUST have as it is the entry point for every serious IS professional.

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