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Review of Router Security Strategies Posted

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2008-02-12 02:13:00 by Richard Bejtlich in TaoSecurity
...review of Router Security Strategies: Securing IP Network Traffic Planes by Gregg Schudel and David J. Smith. From the review Router Security Strategies (RSS) is the sort of Cisco security book I like to read. Some of you were surprised by my three star review of another recent Cisco security book -- LAN Switch Security (LSS). I suggest the...
 
Tags: router security strategies, review, rss approaches, rss, star review, cisco security book, book, taosecurity, lan switch security
 
 
 
 
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Review of Time Based Security Posted

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2008-01-20 12:24:00 by Richard Bejtlich in TaoSecurity
...review of Time Based Security by Winn Schwartau. From the review Time Based Security (TBS) was largely written 10 years ago. The author gave me a copy about 3 years ago at a security conference. What's remarkable about the concept of TBS is that it was as relevant 10 years ago as it is today. The "risk avoidance" idea and "fortress...
 
Tags: time based security, review, tbs, star, star review, winn schwartau, tenth anniversary edition, digital short cut, taosecurity
 
 
 
 
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A Review of Hakin9 IT Security Magazine

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2008-05-26 05:12:53 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...review the latest issue with the idea that constructive confrontation leads to the best output achievable There are many different ways to review a magazine, however, I'm always sticking to the following critical success factors for a quality magazine The presence of a vision While a vision is often taken for granted, or even worse, a...
 
Tags: magazine, content, review, hardcode technical content, quality magazine, javascript obfuscation article, article, content quality, issue
 
 
 
 
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Review of Building a Server with FreeBSD 7

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2008-06-08 01:22:00 by Richard Bejtlich in TaoSecurity
...reviews of Building a Server with FreeBSD 7 by Bryan Hong, you'll see my review for the self-published Building an Internet Server With FreeBSD 6 Posted , which I gave 4 our of 5 stars. No Starch took the first edition, worked with the author, and published this new book using FreeBSD 7.0 as the base OS. If I could post a new review at...
 
Tags: freebsd, freebsd book, book, absolute freebsd, freebsd system administration, review, ports tree, specific freebsd, book explores
 
 
 
 
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Review of The Dark Visitor

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2008-02-13 01:24:00 by Richard Bejtlich in TaoSecurity
...review The Dark Visitor (TDV) by Scott J. Henderson, owner of the blog of the same name -- The Dark Visitor . Scott generously sent me a copy of his book after I found his blog and learned what the book discussed. The term "dark visitor" is Henderson's translation of the Chinese characters for "hacker TDV is a fascinating book, and if I...
 
Tags: dark visitor, american hackers, hackers, blog readers, blog, chinese hackers, dark visitor blog, book abruptly, book
 
 
 
 
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Review of Beginning Perl, 2nd Ed Posted

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2008-02-05 02:28:00 by Richard Bejtlich in TaoSecurity
...review of Beginning Perl, 2nd Ed by James Lee . From the review I read Beginning Perl, 2nd Ed (BP2E) to gain some familiarity with Perl 5. I do not plan to really write anything in Perl, but I find myself using other people's code quite a bit! In those situations I would like to know how the code works. I also enjoy being able to make small...
 
Tags: perl, review, 2nd, james lee, star review, taosecurity, code, richard bejtlich, degree
 
 
 
 
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Review of The Best of FreeBSD Basics Posted

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2008-01-24 11:39:00 by Richard Bejtlich in TaoSecurity
...review of The Best of FreeBSD Basics by Dru Lavigne. From the review In mid-2004 I reviewed Dru Lavigne's book BSD Hacks, which I really enjoyed. 3 1/2 years later I am pleased to say that Dru's latest book, The Best of FreeBSD Basics (TBOFB), is another excellent resource for FreeBSD users. I really wish this book had been available in 2000...
 
Tags: freebsd, freebsd basics, freebsd user, book invaluable, freebsd users, book, review, dru lavigne, dru
 
 
 
 
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Review of Security Power Tools Posted

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2008-01-19 02:28:00 by Richard Bejtlich in TaoSecurity
...review of Security Power Tools by a team of authors, mostly from Juniper. From the review I am probably the first reviewer to have read the vast majority of Security Power Tools (SPT). I do not think the other reviewers are familiar with similar books like Anti-Hacker Toolkit, first published in 2002 and most recently updated in a third...
 
Tags: tools, security power tools, review, authors, spt authors, spt, star review, taosecurity, original material
 
 
 
 
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Review of Professional Xen Virtualization Posted

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2008-03-08 21:03:00 by Richard Bejtlich in TaoSecurity
...review of Professional Xen Virtualization by William von Hagen. From the review I really enjoyed reading Professional Xen Virtualization (PXV). The book answered exactly the right questions for me, a person who had no Xen experience but wanted to give the product a try. If you are looking for a book on Xen internals, you should read The...
 
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