To the uninitiated, the title may seem like an oxymoron: after all, aren't hacks what network security is supposed to prevent? But if you're network administrator, this book's title not only makes sense; it makes a lot of sense. You know that a busy administrator needs a hatful of devilishly effective security hacks to keep your 12-hour days from becoming all-nighters.

Network Security Hacks is not a long-winded treatise on security theory. Instead, this information packed little book provides 100 quick, practical, and clever things to do to help make your Linux, UNIX, or Windows networks more secure today.

Network Security Hacks show how to detect the presence (and track every keystroke) of network intruders, methods for protecting your network and data using strong encryption, and even techniques for laying traps for would-be system crackers. Important security tools are presented, as well as clever methods for using them to reveal real, timely, useful information about what is happening on your network.

IP Storage Networking: Straight to the Core is your complete blueprint for planning, deploying, managing, and maximizing the business value of enterprise storage. Gary Orenstein introduces IP storage, iSCSI, and related technologies; then shows how to integrate them into an overall storage strategy for maximizing availability and business agility. Coverage includes: architecture; software infrastructure; virtualization; security; storage policies; outsourcing; and measuring ROI on enterprise storage investments.

Intended for the novice professional, this guide introduces the basic principles and access control concepts needed to secure Windows and Unix operating systems, web browsers, e-mail systems, and servers. It outlines the OSI and TCP network protocol models, describes the standard components of a network, recommends best practices for secret and covert communications, and explores the fundamentals of intrusion detection and information security assessment methods.

MPLS (MultiProtocol Label Switching) is a controversial new protocol that vastly simplifies Internet traffic and effectively removes obstacles to Voice Over IP applications. Here is the first book to thoroughly explain and evaluate MPLS specifically for the voice markets.
* Explains a potentially disruptive technology for telephony
* Shows providers how to protect their revenues during deployment
* Details key engineering problems such as classes of service, traffic engineering, overlays, and moreCarriers see MPLS as the way to deliver quality of service for voice over IP and over 80% of network traffic in North America is projected to be IP-based by the end of 2002. At that point, MPLS will be mandatory.

"If you want to hack into someone else's network, the week between Christmas and New Year's Day is the best time. I love that time of year" (from Chapter 1, "Hide and Sneak"). Written by a team of network security professionals, this volume contains a series of fictional short stories demonstrating the techniques commonly used by criminal hackers. The appendix provides an overview of the "Laws of Security" and discusses ways to mitigate many of the attacks detailed in the book.