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30 Jan 2007 | Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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About this chapter: This chapter will help you select tools, scan network hosts, assess security with a network analyzer, and will guide you in preventing denial-of-service and infrastructure vulnerabilities.

About this book: This book teaches you how to test your systems, plug the holes, and foil attackers. You'll find out how external hacker and rogue insider hacks happen, how to discover where your systems and network are weak, what you can do to strengthen your defenses, and how to prepare reports and recommendations to management.

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Excerpted from Hacking for Dummies, 2nd Edition by Kevin Beaver, Stuart McClure (Foreword by) (ISBN: 978-0-470-05235-8). Copyright 2007, Wiley Publishing, Inc.. All rights reserved.


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