Hack Attacks Revealed : A Complete Reference with Custom Security Hacking Toolkit

The #1 menace for computer systems worldwide, network hacking can result in mysterious server crashes, data loss, and other problems that are not only costly to fix but difficult to recognize. Author John Chirillo knows how these can be prevented, and in this book he brings to the table the perspective of someone who has been invited to break into the networks of many Fortune 1000 companies in order to evaluate their security policies and conduct security audits. He gets inside every detail of the hacker's world, including how hackers exploit security holes in private and public networks and how network hacking tools work. As a huge value-add, the author is including the first release of a powerful software hack attack tool that can be configured to meet individual customer needs.

Beat hackers at their own game - The world of a hacker revealed by a corporate hack master

Hack Attacks Revealed

Take a technogothic journey inside the world of a hacker as seen by security expert John Chirillo. Drawing on his own experience as a hacking consultant for Fortune 1000 companies, Chirillo shows how hackers can exploit network security holes and how you can recognize an oncoming threat to your security. The book features details of the powerful Tiger Box(r) system, used by hackers to penetrate vulnerable networks, and teaches you how to use that same tool to your advantage.

In this highly provocative work, you'll discover:

• The hacker's perspective on networking protocols and communication technologies

• A complete hacker's technology handbook, illustrating techniques used by hackers, crackers, phreaks, and cyberpunks

• Information discovery and scanning tools for hacking into known and unknown ports and service vulnerabilities

• Detailed instructions for customizing the Tiger Box for your needs and using it to search hack attacks

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An internetworking engineer with an Illinois technology management company, Chirillo details how network hacking can exploit network security holes, and how to recognize an oncoming threat to security. He also describes the Tiger Box system used by hackers to penetrate vulnerable networks, and how to use the same toolprovided on the diskto protect against them. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

John Wiley & Sons - Hack Attacks Revealed 1 Contents 4 Introduction 16 Part One - In the Beginning 19 Chapter 1 - Understanding Communication Protocols 20 Chapter 2 - Netware and NetBIOS Technology 48 Part Two - Putting it all Together 59 Chapter 3 - Understanding Communication Mediums 60 Part Three - Uncovering Vulnerabilities 79 Act 1 - A Little Terminology 80 Chapter 4 - Well-Known Ports and Their Services 87 Chapter 5 - Discovery and Scanning Techniques 134 Part Four - Hacking Security Holes 160 Act 2 - A Hackers Genesis 161 Chapter 6 - The Hackers Technology Handbook 165 Chapter 7 - Hacker Coding Fundamentals 237 Chapter 8 - Port, Socket, and Service Vulnerability Penetrations 356 Part Five - Vulnerability Hacking Secrets 441 Act 3 - A Hackers Vocation 442 Chapter 9 - Gateways and Routers and Internet Server Daemons 444 Chapter 10 - Operating Systems 506 Chapter 11 - Proxies and Firewalls 626 Part Six - The Hackers Toolbox 660 Act 4 - The Evolution of a Hacker 661 Chapter 12 - TigerSuite: The Complete Internetworking Security Toolbox 670 Appendix A - IP Reference Table and Subnetting Charts 705 Appendix B - Well-Known Ports and Services 708 Appendix C - All-Inclusive Ports and Services 713 Appendix D - Detrimental Ports and Services 748 Appendix E - Whats on the CD 754 Appendix F - Most Common Viruses 768 Appendix G - Vendor Codes 782 Gloassary 830 References 836 I really don't understand this book. The author takes too much time to say too little discerning information. Go with other books, this simply is too expensive and of too little value. Approximately 30 years ago, communication protocols were developed so that individual stations could be connected to form a local area network (LAN).