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Summary: Hacking Exposed is a treasure
Review: Don't let the size of this book fool you. This was one of the most exciting ( and scary ) books that I've read in a long time. I'm the owner of one of the largest used book webstores in the nation and it opened my eyes to the hacker's toolkit and how to stop them. Written from the hacker's perspective, it delves into how they can break into a site. Truly, if you are concerned about your own web site and/or your firewall security in a home or business, this book is worth it's weight in gold. I tightened down my firewall greatly after reading this book.
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Summary: The book for security
Review: Have now read this book and have found it extreamly good. I do troubleshooting ISP's & ASP's systems on mostly MS systems and there were a lot of items that I did not know about. Now that I know my customers and my self hopefully will be more secure. I'm looking forward to the 3 edition. I can't wait!!! Great work - if you are a bit insecure about what secutity book to buy. Buy THIS !!!!
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Summary: Packed With Knowledge!
Review: You might expect a massive book about computer hacking to be tedious reading, but - surprise - this one is actually fun. You'll be impressed by the quality of the writing and the clarity with which the authors explain complicated matters. Why have these clever writers gone public with information on how to hack into computers? They figure that hackers learn how to penetrate systems anyway. It's the network administrators and other professionals that need to understand hacking to protect their own vulnerabilities. The book, which is detailed almost to a fault, explains how to defend and attack specific programs, Web sites, voicemail, firewalls and even individual Internet users. We at getAbstract.com recommend this as an essential reference for businesspeople who want to know why system administrators always look twitchy. It's also a good tool for any computer professional whose day - or career - might be ruined by a single moment of system weakness.
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Summary: Great Resource
Review: Without question the best Hacking book I have read. Great detail, references, tools and techniques. I had the first edition and was reluctant to buy the second just because I was afraid there would not be enough new information. I am glad to say I was wrong and it was well worth the purchase.
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Summary: Hacker Aproved
Review: I got this book when it first came out and learned a lot of new things from it. its starts from the bottom up and runs you thought the whole hack. very well writen and informative great book for a wanna-be hacker or new systems administartor/ secuity admin. im glad someone has the guts to tell the world that security sucks.
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Summary: Broad coverage, good material.
Review: I bought Hacking Exposed after being dismayed by Hack Attacks Revealed. I thought that Exposed, being older, would have been out of date and less useful, but found that it was a far superior book. The one flaw with Exposed is that it tries to cover too many different systems. I think they should have gone into more depth on some of the issues, but I guess they're covering that with their OS-specific books, such as Hacking Linux Exposed and Hacking Windows 2000 Exposed. (The former is an excellent read -- superior to Exposed in my opinion. I don't support windows machines and won't be reading the latter.) I'd recomend Hacking Exposed to anyone that wants a good overview of many areas of security and hacking, but I'd also grab their OS-specific varients that are applicable to for the greater detail.
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Summary: Script-Kiddie Bible. Cracking Exposed.
Review: This book goes into explicit detail explaining not only how to committ various attacks but where to find the free tools to use in the attack, etc. I am surprised that some hacked ISP has not sued this books authors yet! Not only does it explain the attacks in detail but it explains how to defend against them. This book is written from an offensive point of view as if it were trying to teach you how to be an uberskriptKiddy. Easy to read and easy to understand.
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Summary: Not Bad
Review: This book isn't bad. Now that DSL and cable modems are becoming more standard consumer items, this book will at least provide some insight into potential threats to unprotected or mildly protected systems. If you are using at least Black Ice Defender or Norton Personal Firewall, this book will help you to understand and probably counter the threats those software firewall apps alert you to.
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Summary: A frightening but necessary read
Review: A thought-provoking and disturbing book for anyone whose business involves the Internet -- and that makes reading it all the more important. I've bought copies of this book for all my systems staff. A caveat, however: "Hacking Exposed" is a highly technical book that's not for the novice or the technology-challenged. If you want to give your boss something to read to bring him/her up to speed on information security, you're better off with something like "Secrets and Lies" by Bruce Schneier. But buy this book for yourself and your techie co-workers.
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Summary: good book
Review: good book, much better than the first but lacking detail. i can find exploits on any security website. as i read from another review, wheres the beef?
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