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Hay everybody....
i have created this thread because i (and maybe some other people) would like some recomendations on books that would help us better advance ourselfs within the security feald.
please post the name of the book or books, and who its by. then tell what the reader should pick up from it......
thanks
TCP/IP Illustrated by W. Richard Stevens. You can buy it from amazon here or I think most Barnes and Nobles stores have it, I can't recall. It basically paraphrases the RFC for each of the protocols in it, which is VERY useful. Rather than reading 120 pages on TCP and knowing everything about it, you can read 25 pages and have a pretty good understanding of it.
Digital Fortress!!! By Dan Brown. This book you can't put down. A must read!
The Oreilly SAFE book (I bought mine for $5 plus $3 dollar shipping on EBAY)
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/puis/
Malware: Fighting Malicious Code by Ed Skoudis
It explains what malware is and how it works (analysis and disection) and practical ways of how to protect yourself from it. The book is geared toward system admins, network admins, and security analysts/etc. It is by no means light in technical detail - it's 600+ pages of good details.
Just my .02
The books in my library... or actually a very large table with computers and books on it. The kinda table that you'd normally see at thanks-giveing and various parties. Anyways laying around on it is:
The Korn Shell
Basic - A problem solving approach (Made in the 80s. Funny "future" codeing concepts & technology)
Unix in a nutshell
C++ primer plus
Learning redhat (If your a *nix noob then this kicks ass...)
essential system administration
introduction to local area networks
troubleshooting & repairing PCs (Yet another classic from the 1980s... it rocks)
VB6 step by step (Don't really use VB books anymore but when you run into problems its nice to have)
VB6 Application Development
Teach yourself VC++6
Some hacking exposed books (get the web application and linux editions... the original hacking exposed is mainly just small introductions to thier other books.)
I am also now collecting a very large assortment of various source code, examples, & tutorials on MASM.
Well I definitely went on a spree awhile back cause I wanted to find out how the bad guys were doing it:
Counter Hack
Hack Proofing Linux
Hack Attacks Testing
Hack Attacks Revealed
Hacking Exposed (Set)
Maximum Linux Security
Honeypots
Hiding in Plain Sight
Hacker's Challenge 1 & 2
Personal Firewalls
Schildt's Complete Ref: C & C++
HTML & XHTML - Oreilly
and more......
There was some duplication in the first part of the list, but the examples varied significantly.
Books on my list to get: Building Secure Servers with Linux, Practical Unix & Internet Security and the Real World Linux Security.
Dont want to seem lame or n00b, but the dummies books provide a nice, basic approach and let you build yourself up to more advanced topics and more expensive books
Anything O'Reily. They are just downright good! Pick a service that you want to learn more about and grab one.
well lets see i got....
Sams tech yourself HTML and XHTML in 10 min
Learning Python by O'Reilly
Building Linux Clusters by O'Reilly
Perl for dummies
The book of IRC
Sams teach yourself Linux programming in 24 hours (box set- It comes with a linux programming book and a C++ book)
i got more but that involves getting up and going to another room and i dont feel like doing that right now
Cheers
kryptonic
The C++ book by Strouspe (spelling), the guy who basically made/invented C++. I find it better as a refrence than a book to learn from, but that just may be because I have done programming, namely C++ before.
-Cheers-
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i ll post more
c++ for dummies
visual c++ in 20 steps
Working with ms-dos 5.0 } got those with my first pc wich was a 286
ms-dos pc-dos }
cisco networking basics and routing basics
2 cd filled with tutorials on lost of things.
Let's see...on my shelf I've got:
Revolutionary guide to Assembly Language
C Primer Plus
PERL programmer's black book
Mastering Java 1.1
Javascript: The Definitive Guide
Effective AWK programming
Learning VBScript
HTML 4 for dummies
10 minute guide to HTML 4
Presenting XML
Dictionary of computer and internet terms
Pocket Ref
Pocket PCRef
Applied cryptography
Practical cryptography
The Code Book
In C0de
Discrete Mathematics
Hacking: The Art of Exploitation
The Art of Deception
There are some others I'll update this with when I get home and actually can see the books.
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Computer Networks, Third Edition by Andrew S. Tanenbaum from 1996(May seem outdate but is not...by much at least :) ).
A 750+ pages long book that will teach you the "basics" :)
Troubleshooting MicroSoft Technologies by Chris Wolf.
covers Windows server 2003, W2K, WXP, Office, AD and so on.
700 pages,lots of detail (DHCP, DNS, WINS, TCP/IP, you get the picture).
IMHO the Dummies range are a little too fuzzy? although the PC for dummies is useful for the non-tech friends to borrow.
Also have 'Unix made easy' ????????????? obviously a spelling mistake :D
And a shelf full of Quantum Physics books by John Gribben, great writer, and a good subject to get a feel for if cryptography is your thing(unbreakable code; due to the basic law in the quantum world, that to observe, is to change).
Security
Hacking Exposed (any of the series)
Incident Response: Ivestigating computer crime
"safe book" Pratical UNIX and Internet security O'rielly
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Programming
Any of the Sam's Teach Yourself Series
UNIX Network Programming volume I
Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment
Linux Socket Programming by Example
"the Camel book" O'reilly perl book
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Networking
Computer Networks
TCP/IP Illustrated volumes I & II
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"Snail book" O'rielly SSH
Any books by Peltier, Thomas R.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/se...115660-6043359
Some of these are considered to be the "bibles of the trade"
My $.02...
Not quite a book, but a link with a bunch of free ones, and many for download. I think it's a good reference. They're broken down by topic. Enjoy.
http://www.maththinking.com/boat/computerbooks.html