Cox, Kerry
Managing Security with Snort & IDS Tools
- ISBN 13:
- 9780596006617
- author:
- Cox, Kerry
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- OReilly Media
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2004
- Pages:
- 304
- Genre:
- Data security & data encryption
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Managing network security is a vital challenge for anyone responsible for ensuring the safety and integrity of mission-critical systems. With the increasing threat of malicious code, buffer overflows, and other network intruders, it's essential to have a reliable way to detect these threats before they get in.
This book provides a comprehensive guide to managing network security using Snort 2.1 and other high-quality open source intrusion detection programs. It covers reliable methods for detecting network intruders, from simple packet sniffers to more sophisticated IDS applications, as well as GUI interfaces for managing them.
With this book, you'll learn how to monitor illegal entry attempts, shut down and secure workstations, servers, firewalls, routers, sensors, and other network devices. You'll gain the practical knowledge needed to stay one step ahead of potential threats and keep your systems safe and secure.