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This book provides an overview of computer viruses, with a technical bias. The second half of the book contains actual virus code and requires some knowledge of 8086 assembly programming. But don't get any ideas: in order to make the necessary modifications to compile and unleash this code on innocent bystanders, you would--according to one expert--have to be savvy enough to write a virus from scratch. Despite the straightforward coverage of famous virus incidents and various attack and defense techniques, the book is not intended for the layman. However, if you have even minimal assembly programming experience, the latter sections of the book will help you understand what self-replicating programs really look like and how they work. The ap... Rest of this review on the detail page
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Like biological viruses, computer viruses can spread quickly and are often difficult to get rid of without causing damage. Virus Proof: The Ultimate Guide to Protecting Your System provides key steps you should take to protect your system from these destructive viruses. Inside you will learn how to recover data that is lost as a result of a virus, what common viruses do, and how they spread. Virus Proof is an excellent resource for any computer user, from the beginner to the expert.
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Garfinkel and Spafford, longtime Net veterans, overturn a lot of misconceptions about online security in a commonsense book that is easily accessible to even nontechnical readers. They make it clear that any commercial Web site requires careful attention to security­-even if the site doesn't carry any sensitive information. Furthermore, the authors show that there's a lot more to security than merely encrypting transmissions. Their goal is to lay the foundation for securing the three parts of a system: the Web server and its data; the information that travels between server and user; and the user's own computer and the information stored there. Because of the rapidly evolving nature of Web security, Garfinkel and Spafford are not speci... Rest of this review on the detail page
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"The authors . . . bring wide-ranging experience to this work, moving from theory to hands-on, bit-shoveling practical advice." -Steven M. Bellovin A serious security sourcebook for Web professionals and users. The front door is unlocked and wide open. The alarm's not working and no one's home. All of your valuables, money, and intimate details of your life are just sitting inside, waiting to be taken. No, it's not your house . . . it's your computer. The Web now penetrates every aspect of our lives, from the home PC to the business office. But with each advance in convenience comes a geometric increase in vulnerability to the integrity of data and software as well as to the confidentiality of information. Although the flaws inherent in ... Rest of this review on the detail page
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As a diverse collection of information--much of it at a fairly advanced level--White-Hat Security Arsenal: Tackling the Threats is a valuable primer on matters of computer and network security. The author doesn't offer specific instructions on how to harden your systems against attack, and doesn't go far in explaining how to build security into software you write. But he does offer good overviews of how particular manifestations of malice--such as Babylonia (a specific virus) and distributed denial of service (DDoS) systems (a broad class of attack)--work. Similarly, he details how security protocols and mechanisms--packet filters and the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol are two examples--go about their tasks. In brief, the book breaks l... Rest of this review on the detail page
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