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
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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
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Electronic books.
Added Author
:
Ramirez, Gilbert, 1972-
Rathaus, Noam.
Added Corporate Author
:
Syngress Media, Inc.
Electronic Access
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| Shelf Number | Item Barcode | Shelf Location | Shelf Location | Holding Information |
|---|
| TK5105.59 .A734 2005 EB | 1188247-1001 | Elsevier E-Book Collections | Elsevier E-Book Collections | |