Network Security: A Practical Approach / Edition 1

by Jan L. Harrington

Overview

Network Security is a comprehensive resource written for anyone who plans or implements network security measures, including managers and practitioners. It offers a valuable dual perspective on security: how your network looks to hackers who want to get inside, and how you need to approach it on the inside to keep them at bay.

You get all the hands-on technical advice you need to succeed, but also higher-level administrative guidance for developing an effective security policy. There may be no such thing as absolute security, but, as the author clearly demonstrates, there is a huge difference between the protection offered by routine reliance on third-party products and what you can achieve by actively making informed decisions. You’ll learn to do just that with this book’s assessments of the risks, rewards, and trade-offs related implementing security measures.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780123116338
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	04/08/2005
Series:	The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Networking
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jan L. Harrington, author of more than 35 books on a variety of technical subjects, has been writing about databases since 1984. She retired in 2013 from her position as professor and chair of the Department of Computing Technology at Marist College, where she taught database design and management, data communications, computer architecture, and the impact of technology on society for 25 years.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: In the Beginning
Chapter 2: Basic Security Architecture
Chapter 3: Physical Security
Chapter 4: Information Gathering
Chapter 5: Gaining and Keeping Root Access
Chapter 6: Spoofing
Chapter 7: Denial of Service Attacks
Chapter 8: Malware
Chapter 9: User and Password Security
Chapter 10: Remote Access
Chapter 11: Wireless Security
Chapter 12: Encryption
Appendix A: The TCP/IP Protocol Stack
Appendix B: TCP and UDP Ports
Appendix C: Security Update Sites
Glossary
Index

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

Fills the need for a single source that introduces all of the important network security areas.

Editorial Reviews

The Barnes & Noble Review
If you have a background in networking but need a far deeper, more coherent understanding of security, Jan Harrington has written this book for you.

Harrington begins with issues to consider in taking a top-down approach to enterprise IT security, from establishing security policies to auditing compliance. After introducing approaches to secure network design, she systematically reviews today’s most widespread external attacks, offering countermeasures for everything from social engineering to spoofing and DOS attacks.

She covers malware, shows how to improve password security, introduces VPN-based security, and systematically reviews the security challenges associated with wireless networks. Finally, she introduces encryption: its pros and cons, and how to choose the right options. Throughout, Hands On and Reality Check sections help you apply Harrington’s information in your own environment. But even without them, this book is exceptionally useful. Bill Camarda, from the July 2005 Read Only

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