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 | from Tony Bradley, your Editor and Guide It was a busy week of security bulletins and vulnerability announcements. Microsoft released 3 new patches and Cisco announced a major DoS vulnerability in its equipment. Be sure to check out the links below for more information and get the necessary patches applied and changes made. I am trying to catch up on posting book reviews of books I have completed, so look for more book reviews to come each week. Lastly, the next installment of Computer Security 101 (Lesson 9) should be posted this coming week as well as the Quiz for Lesson 8. Have a great week! | ||||||||||||||||
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| Book Review: Hacking Linux Exposed - 2nd Edition Hacking Linux Exposed - 2nd Edition is a welcome and valuable update to an indispensable Linux security resource. I am a huge fan of the Hacking Exposed series and can't say enough about them. Anyone who administers a Linux machine should be required to read this book. |
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| Book Review: Personal Firewalls Personal Firewalls for Administrators and Remote Users by Lisa Yeo is a good book on the subject of personal firewalls. The book does a good job of covering the pros of personal firewalls as well as some of the pitfalls and limitations so that readers don't develop a false sense of security from using one. The whole spectrum from selection to configuration and maintenance to troubleshooting is covered. |
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| Book Review: PKI Security Solutions PKI Security Solutions, by Kapil Raina, offers a timely and insightful look at this security technology. It covers the broad concepts as well as providing PKI solutions to specific HIPAA, GLBA and other compliance issues. Anyone responsible for securing communications...read more |
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