Firewalls and Internet Security: Repelling the Wily Hacker: Repelling the Wily Hacker (2nd Edition) (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)

by William R. Cheswick (Author)

• New

  Illustrated
  2003

  $43.91

  The best-selling first edition of Firewalls and Internet Security became the bible of Internet security by showing readers how to think about threats and solutions. The completely updated and expanded second edition defines the security problems students face in today's Internet, identifies the weaknesses of the most popular security technologies, and illustrates the ins and outs of deploying an effective firewall. Students learn how to plan and execute a security strategy that allows easy access to Internet services while defeating even the wiliest of hackers. Written by well-known senior researchers at AT&T Bell Labs, Lumeta, and Johns Hopkins University the students will benefit from the actual, real-world experiences of the authors maintaining, improving, and redesigning AT&T's Internet gateway.

• Used

  Paperback
  1994

  $5.17

  Written by two AT&T Bell Labs researchers who helped break the infamous Berferd hacker case, this book gives you invaluable advice and practical tools for protecting your organization's computers from the very real threat of a hacker attack through the Internet. The authors show you step-by-step how to set up a firewall gateway-a dedicated computer equipped with safeguards that acts as a single, more easily defended, Internet connection.