Computer Science

A guide to deploying a real world network consisting of thousands of nodes - LANS, WANS, Internet and RAS connections. This has the potential to becoming the bible of network administration. In the Perlman Series.

Foreword.


Acknowledgments.


1. Introduction.

Network Management  [PTG: PRENTICE HALL PROFESSIONAL]   (Computer Science)

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JAMES M. KRETCHMAR has worked for six years as a systems programmer and network engineer for MIT Network Operations, helping to run MIT's campus-wide, 30,000-host network. He has administered all levels of the network hierarchy; written and deployed tools to streamline administration; implemented campus-wide routing plans; and been extensively involved in design, deployment, and troubleshooting of core network infrastructure. MIT makes extensive use of open source tools-several of which Kretchmar personally wrote.

• Save time and improve network performance—without spending a dime!
• Outstanding open source tools for management, monitoring, optimization, and troubleshooting
• In-depth coverage: retrieval, compilation, installation, configuration, and usage—with extensive examples
• An indispensable resource for every network administrator and troubleshooter

Save time and improve performance with free, open source netadmin tools!

In this book, MIT netadmin James M. Kretchmar presents an extraordinary collection of open source tools for streamlining and improving virtually every facet of network administration. Regardless of your experience or your network's size, these flexible tools can help with everything from management and monitoring to optimization and troubleshooting. Every tool is described in detail, with easy instructions for retrieval, installation from source, configuration, and real-world usage. Coverage includes:

• SNMP: Remotely administer diverse network devices with a single protocol
• MRTG: Graph bandwidth and other router and network statistics
• Neo: Unify the administration of SNMP switches, routers, and other devices
• Flow-Tools: Collect and process crucial interface-level Cisco NetFlow traffic data
• Oak: Collect and distill syslog messages from servers and network equipment, and automatically send trouble alerts
• Sysmon and Nagios: Monitor network hardware and servers and notify administrators of problems
• Tcpdump: Analyze network traffic at the packet level
• Basic Netadmin Tools: Make the most of ping, telnet, netcat, traceroute, MTR, and netstat
• Build your own tools with the Bourne shell and Perl scripting language

These tools will save you time and help improve network performance-today, tomorrow, and for years to come. Until now, you'd have to discover most of them through word of mouth. Now, one book is all you need: Open Source Network Administration.

Interwrite Personal Response System
EduCue, Addison-Wesley & Benjamin Cummings
©2004 | Prentice Hall | Electronic Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321267354 | ISBN-13: 9780321267351

This title is a member of the The Radia Perlman Series in Computer Networking and Security Series, which also contains the titles below . You can also visit the Radia Perlman Series in Computer Networking and Security Series page.

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  Counter Hack Reloaded: A Step-by-Step Guide to Computer Attacks and Effective Defenses, 2/E
  Skoudis & Liston
  ©2006 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 784 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131481045 | ISBN-13: 9780131481046
  Brief Description | Buy from myPearsonStore

  

  For years, Counter Hack has been the primary resource for every network/system administrator and security professional who needs a deep, hands-on understanding of hacker attacks and countermeasures. Now, leading network security experts Ed Skoudis and Tom Liston have thoroughly updated this best-selling guide, showing how to defeat today's newest, most sophisticated, and most destructive attacks.

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  Field Guide to Wireless LANs for Administrators and Power Users, A
  Maufer
  ©2004 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 368 pp | Out of Stock
  ISBN-10: 0131014064 | ISBN-13: 9780131014060
  Brief Description

  

  An administrator's guide to setting up and managing a wireless LAN. Will cover: speeds and feeds (802.11b vs 11a vs 11g) configuring an 802.11 NIC (network information center) in a Windows and Linux environment.

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  Internet Denial of Service: Attack and Defense Mechanisms
  Mirkovic, Dietrich, Dittrich & Reiher
  ©2005 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 400 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131475738 | ISBN-13: 9780131475731
  Brief Description | Buy from myPearsonStore

  

  Internet Denial of Service provides an in-depth look at the history and future of DDoS attacks. The authors draw on their extensive experience with actual DDoS attacks to offer practical methods for defending against and responding to such crimes. They also survey the commercial DDoS defense tools currently available and share the pros and cons of various defense strategies.

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  Malware: Fighting Malicious Code
  Skoudis & Zeltser
  ©2004 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 672 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131014056 | ISBN-13: 9780131014053
  Brief Description | Buy from myPearsonStore

  

  Malicious code is a set of instructions that runs on your computer and makes

  your system do something that you do not want it to do. For example, it can

  delete sensitive configuration files from your hard drive, rendering your

  computer completely inoperable; infect your computer and use it as a jumpingoff

  point to spread to all of your buddies' computers; and steal files from your

  machine. Malicious code in the hands of a crafty attacker is indeed powerful.

  It's becoming even more of a problem because many of the very same factors

  fueling the evolution of the computer industry are making our systems even

  more vulnerable to malicious code. Specifically, malicious code writers benefit

  from the trends toward mixing static data and executable instructions,

  increasingly homogenous computing environments, unprecedented

  connectivity, an ever-larger clueless user base, and an unfriendly world. Skoudis

  addressed malicious code in just one chapter of his previous book. Here, a

  dozen chapters focus on one of the most interesting and rapidly developing

  areas of computer attacks.

  *Chapter 11, "Defender's Toolbox," rolls together the defensive strategies

  described in the book. As a bonus, Skoudis gives recipes for creating your own

  malicious code analysis laboratory using cheap hardware and software.

  *Foreword by Gene Schultz, security inspector for Global Integrity.

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  Mobile IP: The Internet Unplugged
  Solomon
  ©1998 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 384 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0138562466 | ISBN-13: 9780138562465
  Brief Description | Buy from myPearsonStore

  

  The book will focus on mobile networks which use IP or the Internet Protodol. Author is on IETF (Internet Eng Task Force) Group which has standardized Mobile IP and has worked inthis field at Motorola for many years. A good chunck of this book will focus on mobile IP routing and advanced mobile IP features. Author will also cover: security and firewalls in mobile IP nets, IPv6 mobility, multicasting, multi-protocol support, applications (intranet LAN to LAN, wireless LANS, conferencing, commercial wireless products).

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  Network Security: Private Communication in a Public World, 2/E
  Kaufman, Perlman & Speciner
  ©2003 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 752 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0130460192 | ISBN-13: 9780130460196
  Brief Description | Buy from myPearsonStore

  

  Appropriate for all graduate-level and upper-level courses in network or computer security.

  Widely regarded as the most comprehensive yet comprehensible guide to network security, the First Edition of Network Security received critical acclaim for its lucid and witty explanations of the inner workings of network security protocols. Now, in the Second Edition, this books exceptionally distinguished author team draws on its hard-won experience to illuminate every facet of information security, from the basics to advanced cryptography and authentication; secure Web and email services; and emerging security standards. Highlights of the books extensive new coverage include Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), IPsec, SSL, X.509 and related PKI standards, and Web security. The authors go far beyond documenting standards and technology: they contrast competing schemes, explain strengths and weaknesses, and identify the crucial errors most likely to compromise secure systems.

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  Network Security:Private Communications in a Public World, Safari, 2/E
  Kaufman, Perlman & Speciner
  ©2003 | Prentice Hall | On-line Supplement; 752 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0137155883 | ISBN-13: 9780137155880
  URL:  http://www.safari.informit.com
  

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  Next Generation Optical Networks: The Convergence of IP Intelligence and Optical Technologies
  Tomsu & Schmutzer
  ©2002 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 352 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 013028226X | ISBN-13: 9780130282262
  Brief Description | Buy from myPearsonStore

  

  An implementation guide to optical networking from 2 cisco engineers. Topics covered will include: optical networking standards, optical technologies, Dense Wave Division Multiplexing, net generation intelligent optical networks, optical wavelength routing, routing with rsvp, dynamic packet transport and intelligent protection switching.

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  Optimizing Network Performance with Content Switching: Server, Firewall and Cache Load Balancing
  Syme & Goldie
  ©2004 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 288 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131014684 | ISBN-13: 9780131014688
  Brief Description | Buy from myPearsonStore

  

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  PowerPoint Slides
  Skoudis
  ©2007 | Prentice Hall | Slides | Estimated Availability : 09/25/2006
  ISBN-10: 013233352X | ISBN-13: 9780132333528
  

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  Practice of Network Security, The: Deployment Strategies for Production Environments
  Liska
  ©1996 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 416 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0130462233 | ISBN-13: 9780130462237
  Brief Description | Buy from myPearsonStore

  

  Appropriate for all courses in network or information security.

  This book teaches students how to secure any network, large or small. More than other books, it reflects the realities network administrators actually face on the front lines, where they are constantly under attack, and don't always get the support they need from their organizations. Former UUNet network architect Allan Liska addresses every facet of network security, including defining security models, access control, Web/DNS/email security, remote access and VPNs, wireless LAN/WAN security, day-to-day monitoring and logging, attack response, and more. He systematically identifies today's most widespread security mistakes and vulnerabilities, offering realistic and up-to-date solutions. He then integrates these techniques in an end-to-end case study, showing how to redesign an insecure enterprise network for maximum security, one step at a time.

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  WebDAV: Next-Generation Collaborative Web Authoring
  Dusseault
  ©2004 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 480 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0130652083 | ISBN-13: 9780130652089
  Brief Description | Buy from myPearsonStore

  

  This book is the complete reference to today’s only Internet-based document

  authoring and management standard: WebDAV (Web-based Distributed

  Authoring and Versioning). If your work involves collaborative document

  authoring, document management or Web or print publishing, WebDAV is

  beginning to change the way you share documents with others.

  Until recently, the Web has been limited to download and display capabilities.

  HTTP editing functions do not allow multiple authors to work on the same

  document remotely and in a secure manner. Much Web content authoring is

  collaborative and occurs remotely. WebDAV is the first standard protocol to

  address this need. It builds on and extends HTTP to bring the same benefits to

  authoring that the Web has already brought to viewing content.

  The Web is finally becoming a true authoring medium.

  In the past year, support for WebDAV has greatly accelerated. Authors can

  now use WebDAV in products such as Dreamweaver and Adobe products

  such as Photoshop, GoLive and in the recently released version of

  Framemaker WebDAV is also being supported in the operating systems

  including MAC OS X and Windows XP.

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