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Hacking Linux Exposed, Third Edition by ISECOM Paperback - 648 Pages (August 2008) Osborne/McGraw-Hill ; ISBN: 0072262575
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Hacking Linux Exposed, Second Edition by Bri Hatch, James Lee Paperback - 700 Pages (November 2002) Osborne/McGraw-Hill ; ISBN: 0072225645 Our humble tome |
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Hacking Linux Exposed by Bri Hatch, James Lee Paperback - 608 Pages (April 3, 2001) Osborne/McGraw-Hill; ISBN: 0072127732 First edition of our humble tome |
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Beginning Perl: From Novice to Professional, 2nd Ed. by James Lee, et all Paperback - 600 Pages (September, 2004) Apress; ISBN: 159059391X Immensely popular Perl combines the best features of C, key UNIX utilities, and powerful regular expressions. Perl is commonly used for web programming, as well as email and Usenet news filtering. Fast becoming the system administrator.s scripting language of choice, Perl is also useful for file and directory manipulation, database access, and a broad range of daily system operator chores. |
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Building Linux Virtual Private Networks by Oleg Kolesnikov, Bri Hatch Paperback - 408 Pages (February, 2002) New Riders Publishing; ISBN: 1578702666 A detailed look at Linux VPN technology, from choosing your software to step-by-step installation and configuration guides. Covers setups withSSH+PPP, SSL+PPP, IPSec (FreeS/WAN), PPTP, CIPE, VTun, and Tinc . See the website for more details. |
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Open Source Web Development with LAMP by James Lee, Brent Ware Paperback - 460 Pages (December, 2002) Addison Wesley; ISBN: 020177061X Open Source Web Development with LAMP gives you all the pieces you need to build a top-notch website with LAMP -- Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl, and more. See the website for a complete list of contents. A truly comprehensive book. |
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Hacking Exposed, Fourth Edition by Stuart McClure, Joel Scambray, George Kurtz Paperback - 768 Pages, 4th edition (February, 2003) McGraw-Hill; ISBN: 0072227427 This international best seller, and our model for Hacking Linux Exposed, is a must-have. Now in it's fourth edition. |
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Hacking Windows2000 Exposed by Joel Scambray, Stuart McClure Paperback - 500 Pages (August, 2001) McGraw-Hill; ISBN: 0072192623 For those folks unfortunate enough to support non-Unix systems... |
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Practical Unix and Internet Security 3rd Edition by Simson Garfinkel, Gene Spafford Paperback - 1000 pages 3rd edition (February, 2003) O'Reilly & Associates; ISBN: 0596003234 Wonderful update of a classic. |
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Secrets and Lies : Digital Security in a Networked World by Bruce Schneier Hardcover - 432 pages 1 edition (August, 2000) John Wiley & Sons; ISBN: 0471253111 In a step away from the technical, Schneier talks about risk management, prevention, detection, and response in a way that can be understood by and useful to both the seasoned security professional and the uninitiated alike. |
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Hack Proofing Your Network, 2nd Edition by Syngress Media (Editor), Ryan Russell Paperback - 824 pages, 2st edition (March, 2002) Syngress Media Inc; ISBN: 1928994709 An assortment of topics written by some of the best in the field, such as Mudge, Rain Forest Puppy, Elias Levy, Blue Boar, and more. A bit diverse and unconnected, which may not appeal to everyone. |
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TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1 : The Protocols by W. Richard Stevens Hardcover - 576 pages Vol 001 (January, 1994) Addison-Wesley; ISBN: 0201633469 If you want to understand the IP networking suite, the W. Richard Stevens books are the authority. |
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TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 2 : The Implementation by Gary R. Wright, W. Richard Stevens Hardcover Vol 002 (January, 1995) Addison-Wesley; ISBN: 020163354X Volume 2 covers networking source code in more detail. |
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Network Intrusion Detection, 2nd edition by Stephen Northcutt, Donald McLachlan, Judy Novak Paperback - 450 pages 2nd edition (September, 2000) New Riders Publishing; ISBN: 0735710082 Analysis of real-life intrusions via network dumps and detection tools |
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Linux Firewalls Second Edition by Robert L. Ziegler Textbook Binding - 592 pages, 2nd edition (October, 2001) New Riders Publishing; ISBN: 0735710996 Step-by-step descriptions of how to configure Linux firewalls, both ipchains and iptables. |
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Building Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls by Wes Sonnenreich, Tom Yates Paperback - 384 pages (February, 2000) John Wiley & Sons; ISBN: 0471353663 Both Linux (ipchains) and OpenBSD (IPFilter) covered, with a slight OpenBSD slant. |
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Firewalls and Internet Security : Repelling the Wily Hacker, Second Edition by William Cheswick, Steven Bellovin, Aviel Rubin Paperback - 455 pages (February, 2003) Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series; ISBN: 020163466X A firewalls classic, finally in its second edition. |
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Building Internet Firewalls, 2nd Edition by Elizabeth Zwicky, Simon Cooper, D. Brent Chapman Paperback - 869 pages, 2nd edition (January, 2000) O'Reilly & Associates; ISBN: 1565928717 Second edition of the classic that covers more complex firewall needs than you may find in other books. |
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Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C, 2nd Edition. by Bruce Schneier Paperback - 784 pages 2 edition (October, 1995) John Wiley & Sons; ISBN: 0471117099 The authoritative cryptography reference. A good introduction and reference for the curious and the programmers alike. |
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Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment by W. Richard Stevens Hardcover - 744 pages (June, 1992) Addison-Wesley; ISBN: 0201563177 A holy-grail for all high-end Unix programming concepts. |
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PANIC! UNIX System Crash Dump Analysis Handbook (Bk/CD-ROM) by Chris Drake, Kimberley Brown Textbook Binding - 496 pages 1 edition (May, 1995) Prentice Hall; ISBN: 0131493868 A wonderful in-depth description about system crash dump analysis. |
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Programming Perl (3rd Edition) by Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen, Jon Orwant Paperback - 1067 pages 3rd edition (July, 2000) O'Reilly & Associates; ISBN: 0596000278 The ultimate Perl reference. If you have had programming experience before, this is the Perl book for you. If not, try Learning Perl. |
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Perl Cookbook by Tom Christiansen, Nathan Torkington, Larry Wall Paperback - 794 pages 1st edition (August, 1998) O'Reilly & Associates; ISBN: 1565922433 A book dedicated to real perl programs and snippets you can use every day. |
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Dns and Bind, 3rd edition by Cricket Liu, Paul Albitz, Mike Loukides Paperback - 482 pages 3rd edition (September, 1998) O'Reilly & Associates; ISBN: 1565925122 If you support BIND (we're sorry) then you should read this. |
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SSH, the Secure Shell : The Definitive Guide by Daniel J. Barrett, Richard Silverman Paperback - 558 pages (February, 2001) O'Reilly & Associates; ISBN: 0596000111 Good SSH reference, from the implementation to the protocol. Though I wouldn't trust the NT stuff as much. (And why are you running windows anyway?) |
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Learning the vi Editor (6th Edition) by Linda Lamb, Arnold Robbins Paperback - 327 pages 6 edition (November, 1998) O'Reilly & Associates; ISBN: 1565924266
Don't be a weenie, learn vi. Gui's are for the weak. |