Cracking DES : Secrets of Encryption Research, Wiretap Politics & Chip Design by Electronic Frontier Foundation, John Gilmore (Editor) Technical publisher O'Reilly and Associates has joined with EFF to publish Cracking DES: Secrets of Encryption Research, Wiretap Politics, & Chip Design. Authored by EFF, the book reveals full technical details on how researchers and data-recovery engineers can build a working DES Cracker like the one that won the RSA Challenge. Cracking DES provides other researchers with the necessary data to fully reproduce, validate, or improve EFF's design. It includes design specifications and board schematics, as well as full source code for the custom chip, a chip simulator, and the software that drives the system. The Data Encryption Standard withstood the test of time for twenty years. This book shows exactly how it was brought down. Every cryptographer, security designer, and student of cryptography policy should read this book to understand how the world changed as it fell.
	Maximum Security : A Hacker's Guide to Protecting Your Internet Site and Network Security continues to be the predominant concern for any company or organization that is either on the Internet now or considering it. Hardly a week passes where there isn't some new report of crackers breaking into computer systems at som -A controversial, comprehensive guide to Internet security written by a reformed hacker -Fully revised, updated and expanded to cover hundreds of new system holes, new developments in hacking techniques, and the latest security technologies -The first edition is currently the most popular computer security book on the market today. This book is written for system administrators who need to know how to keep their systems secure from unauthorized use. The anonymous author takes a hacker's view of various systems, focusing on how the system can be cracked and how you can secure the vulnerable areas.
	The Happy Hacker: A Guide to (Mostly) Harmless Hacking by Carolyn Meinel Tricks and techniques for hacking with dozens of step-by-step explanations that show how its done.
	Firewalls and Internet Security : Repelling the Wily Hacker by William R. Cheswick, Steven M. Bellovin (Contributor) Essential information for anyone wanting to protect Internet-connected computers from unauthorized access. Includes: thorough discussion of security-related aspects of TCP/IP; step-by-step plans for setting up firewalls; hacking and monitoring tools the authors have built to rigorously test and maintain firewalls; pointers to public domain security tools on the net; first-hand step-by-step accounts of battles with the "Berferd" hackers; and practical discussions of the legal aspects of security.
	Practical Unix and Internet Security by Simson Garfinkel, Gene Spafford Practical Unix & Internet Security is on its second edition, and its maturity shows. To call this highly readable book comprehensive is an understatement. The breadth is vast, from fundamentals (definitions of computer security; the history of Unix) and commonsense but little-observed security basics (making backups; physical and personnel security; buggy software) to modern software (NFS, WWW, firewalls) and the handling of security incidents. The section on users and passwords alone is 21 pages long--and worth every page. Useful appendices include a Unix security checklist, a list of emergency response organizations, and many references to electronic and paper resources. The Internet covers too much and moves too quickly for any book to cover every security aspect of every piece of software, but this book comes close. More importantly, it gives you an exceptional grounding in the fundamental issues of security and teaches the right questions to ask--something that will stay with you long after today's software is obsolete.
	Microsoft Windows Nt 4.0 Security Handbook : Guidelines for Security, Audit and Control by Paula Chamoun (Editor), Coopers and Lybrand This "Security Handbook" is the official guide to enterprise-level security on networks running Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Written in collaboration between Microsoft and MIS professionals at Coopers & Lybrand, here is the essential reference for any Windows NT Server 4.0-based network.
	Windows NT Security : A Practical Guide to Securing Windows NT Servers and Workstations (McGraw-Hill NCSA Guides) by Charles B. Rutstein This authoritative guide provides essential information on how to tap the sophisticated security capabilities of the Windows NT Operating System. Written by one of the world's foremost systems experts and cosponsored by the National Computer Security Association (NCSA), it succinctly addresses how to design and administer secure NT networks-including setting up, using, and managing security within NT workstation and server-and securely integrating some of the most popular NT server add-ons, such as Microsoft NT BackOffice. Making existing NT networks more secure is also covered. The book's pragmatic advice on designing secure NT networks can be applied to small, medium, and large organizations. With Windows NT expected to become the preferred desktop OS for client/server in the next few years, the market for this practical resource is large and growing.