Nessus, Snort, & Ethereal power tools : customizing open source security applications
by
 
Archibald, Neil.

Title
Nessus, Snort, & Ethereal power tools : customizing open source security applications

Author
Archibald, Neil.

ISBN
9781423754220
 
9780080489421
 
9781597490207

Personal Author
Archibald, Neil.

Publication Information
Rockland, MA : Syngress ; [Sebastopol, Calif.] : Distributed by O'Reilly Media, ©2005.

Physical Description
1 online resource (xxvi, 445 pages) : illustrations.

Series
Jay Beale's open source security series
 
Jay Beale's open source security series.

Contents
pt. I. Nessus tools -- Ch. 1. The inner workings of NASL (Nessus attack scripting language) -- Ch. 2. Debugging NASLs -- Ch. 3. Extensions and custom tests -- Ch. 4. Understanding the extended capabilities of the Nessus environment -- Ch. 5. Analyzing GetFileVersion and MySQL passwordless test -- Ch. 6. Automating the creation of NASLs -- pt. II. Snort tools -- Ch. 7. The inner workings of Snort -- Ch. 8. Snort rules -- Ch. 9. Plugins and preprocessors -- Ch. 10. Modifying Snort -- pt. III. Ethereal tools -- Ch. 11. Capture file formats -- Ch. 12. Protocol dissectors -- Ch. 13. Reporting from Ethereal -- App. A. Host integrity monitoring using Osiris and Samhain.

Abstract
Covers customizing Snort to perform intrusion detection and prevention; Nessus to analyze the network layer for vulnerabilities; and Ethereal to sniff their network for unusual traffic. This book describes the important concepts of coding and customizing tools, and provides readers with working scripts.

Subject Term
Computer networks -- Security measures.
 
Open source software.
 
COMPUTERS -- Internet -- Security.
 
COMPUTERS -- Networking -- Security.
 
COMPUTERS -- Security -- General.
 
Computer networks -- Security measures. (OCoLC)fst00872341
 
Open source software. (OCoLC)fst01046097

Genre
Electronic books.

Added Author
Ramirez, Gilbert, 1972-
 
Rathaus, Noam.

Added Corporate Author
Syngress Media, Inc.

Electronic Access
ScienceDirect http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781597490207


Shelf NumberItem BarcodeShelf LocationShelf LocationHolding Information
TK5105.59 .A734 2005 EB1188247-1001Elsevier E-Book CollectionsElsevier E-Book Collections