Status
Available
Call number
Collections
Publication
No Starch Press (2005), Edition: 1, 312 pages
Description
Author Michal Zalewski has long been known and respected in the hacking and security communities for his intelligence, curiosity and creativity, and this book is truly unlike anything else out there. In Silence on the Wire, Zalewski shares his expertise and experience to explain how computers and networks work, how information is processed and delivered, and what security threats lurk in the shadows. No humdrum technical white paper or how-to manual for protecting one's network, this book is a fascinating narrative that explores a variety of unique, uncommon and often quite elegant security ch
User reviews
LibraryThing member mcandre
This contains some interesting attack scenarios but is poorly written. Run-on sentences are common, and basic computing principles (e.g. TCP/IP stack) fill half of the book.
Subjects
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
312 p.; 7 inches
ISBN
1593270461 / 9781593270469
UPC
689145704617
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