Mastering?network Security

by Chris Brenton and Cameron Hunt

Now that most companies are networked, security is the topic that keeps network administrators awake at night. With up to the minute information on the latest technologies, including Virtual Private Networks and intrusion detection, this book covers all major network operating systems. CD-ROM includes evaluation and demonstration versions of commercial firewalls, intrusion detection software, a variety of hacker tools for testing user's own networks,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0782141420
• ISBN13: 9780782141429
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Sybex
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.4" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Awesome Book

Technical books tend to bore me to death but I managed to worked my way through this one. The author didn't write it in typical egghead-ese that one might see with any book focused on a such a complex arena of computing. I learned quite a few concepts with this one. I purchased the book primarily based on the ratings here and want to thank the other reviewers. They were right on with their reviews. This one is a must-read if you're even remotely interested in network security.

Excellent introduction to Network Security

Mr. Brenton does a good job of giving the uninitiated a good starting point in network security. The majority of his examples are NT-based (which is good because the majority of the people reading this are going to be NT-centric as well) but he also gives some excellent insight into NetWare and UNIX/LINUX as well. Although I was looking for something a bit more advanced, I thought that this book was an excellent book to begin the long road of network security with.

Perfect for introduction to Network Security

Excellent book for people who wish to get a good introductory course to Network Security. I found it a valuable resourse for understaning major fundamental concepts. It is definately NOT oriented for people experienced in security, so the word MASTERING is not suitable. In every other aspect I found Mr Brenton an excellent writer who is impossible not to understant the topics he covers (if you know a bit of networking that is). Good job Mr Brenton...

Great Book, Very Complete

This is a very cool book. The first couple of chapters contain a lot of ammunition that can be used to justify extra $$$ for securing your environment. The book then gets into how all the pieces of a network fit together. I thought this was a little odd for a security book but found it much easier to follow the later material than I have with other books. The author lays down a great foundation so that its much easier to follow the higher end stuff like locking down a particular operating system and why certain steps are important. This book is definitely one to keep handy long after its been read!

This book packs a lot of punch

After reading the author's long list of covered subject matter, I really expected this to be mostly a theory book. While the book does include theory (I think I finally understand passive and active FTP and how they work), I was really surprised at how much hands on material the book has. For example there is step by step instructions on how to setup and use the included IDS and firewall software. I would say the instructions are even better than the product manuals! This type of step by step instruction continues as the author walks you through creating Cisco access lists, VPNs and even securing different operating systems. This is a great book for someone like me who does not consider themselves to be a "security guru" but still needs to lock down their network.