Nessus, Snort, and Ethereal Power Tools Customizing Open Source Security Applications

Author/creator Ramirez, Gilbert Author
Format Electronic
Publication InfoSyngress Press [Imprint] San Diego : Elsevier Science & Technology Books
Description400 p. ill 09.000 x 07.000 in.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Supplemental ContentFull text available from eBook - Computer Science 1995 - 2006
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Other author/creatorArchibald, Neil Author
Other author/creatorDeraison, Renaud Editor
Other author/creatorRathaus, Noam Author
Other author/creatorBurke, Josh Editor
Other author/creatorCaswell, Brian Author
SeriesJay Beale's Open Source Security Ser.
Summary Annotation 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, plug-ins, and filters that are tailor-made 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.<br /><br />* Snort, Nessus, and Ethereal are the three most popular open source security tools in the world<br />* Only book that teaches readers how to customize these tools for their specific needs by coding rules,<br />plugins, and filters<br />* Companion Web site provides all working code and scripts from the book for download
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
ISBN9781597490207
ISBN1597490202 (Perfect) Out of Stock Indefinitely
Standard identifier# 9781597490207
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