Nessus, Snort, & Ethereal Power Tools: Customizing Open Source Security Applications - Couverture souple

Archibald, Neil

 
9781597490207: Nessus, Snort, & Ethereal Power Tools: Customizing Open Source Security Applications
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1597490202 ISBN 13 : 9781597490207
Editeur : Syngress Media,U.S., 2005

Synopsis

This book will cover customizing Snort to perform intrusion detection and prevention; Nessus to analyze the network layer for vulnerabilities; and Ethereal to sniff their network for malicious or unusual traffic. The book will also contain an appendix detailing the best of the rest open source security tools. Each of these tools is intentionally designed to be highly customizable so that users can torque the programs to suit their particular needs. Users can code their own custom rules, plugins, and filters that are tailormade to fit their own networks and the threats which they most commonly face. The book describes the most important concepts of coding and customizing tools, and then provides readers with invaluable working scripts that can either be used as is or further refined by using knowledge gained from the book.

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À propos de l?auteur

Noam Rathaus is the cofounder and CTO of Beyond Security, a company specializing in the development of enterprisewide security assessment technologies, vulnerability assessmentbased SOCs (security operation centers) and related products. He holds an electrical engineering degree from Ben Gurion University, and has been checking the security of computer systems from the age of 13. Noam is also the editorinchief of SecuriTeam.com, one of the largest vulnerability databases and security portals on the Internet. He has contributed to several securityrelated opensource projects including an active role in the Nessus security scanner project. He has written over 150 security tests to the open source tool's vulnerability database, and also developed the first Nessus client for the Windows operating system. Noam is apparently on the hit list of several software giants after being responsible for uncovering security holes in products by vendors such as Microsoft, Macromedia, Trend Micro, and Palm. This keeps him on the run using his Nacra Catamaran, capable of speeds exceeding 14 knots for a quick getaway.

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Éditeur
Syngress Media,U.S.
Date d'édition
2005
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1597490202
ISBN 13 
9781597490207
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
400
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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