Silence on the Wire: A Field Guide to Passive Reconnaissance and Indirect Attacks

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In Silence On The Wire: A Field Guide To Passive Reconnaissance And Indirect Attacks, Zalewski Shares His Expertise And Experience To Explain How Computers And Networks Work, How Information Is Processed And Delivered, And What Security Threats Lurk In The Shadows. No Humdrum Technical White Paper Or How-to Manual For Protecting One's Network, This Book Is Truly Unlike Anything Else Out There. It's A Narrative That Explores A Variety Of Unique, Uncommon, And Often Quite Elegant Security Challenges That Defy Classification And Eschew The Traditional Attacker-victim Model. This Book Will Be Riveting Reading For Security Professionals And Students, As Well As Technophiles Interested In Learning About How Computer Security Fits Into The Big Picture And High-level Hackers Seeking To Broaden Their Understanding Of Their Craft.--jacket. I: The Source -- I Can Hear You Typing -- Extra Efforts Never Go Unnoticed -- Ten Heads Of The Hydra -- Working For The Common Good -- Ii: Safe Harbor -- Blinkenlights -- Echoes Of The Past -- Secure In Switched Networks -- Us Versus Them -- Iii: Out In The Wild -- Foreign Accent -- Advanced Sheep-counting Strategies -- In Recognition Of Anomalies -- Stack Data Leaks -- Smoke And Mirrors -- Client Identification: Papers, Please! -- The Benefits Of Being A Victim -- Iv: The Big Picture -- Parasitic Computing, Or How Pennies Add Up -- Topology Of The Network -- Watching The Void. Michal Zalewski. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [263]-268) And Index.xxv, 281 p. : 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index.