Well, I've gotten a bit of feedback on this, and wanted to post an updated version of my recommended readings list. I've added a couple of things based on one person's feedback. Also, I've included ISBN numbers and editions. I always look for the latest edition of a book, so it never crossed my mind that I needed to specify that information with my list. Well, several people asked for it, so I've included it. All of these books are available at http://www.bookpool.com/ (no affiliation, but I'm incredibly pleased with my experiences there). Also, for a limited time, consider purchasing through http://www.bn.com/ and using coupons BNVISAX, VISAREW, or ZZM8MCT for $10 off $40 for new purchasers and coupon ZZML8H8 for $10 off $30 for new or returning purchasers (all coupons expire sometime in June, I believe). Since I consider this list to be at best barely on topic for a firewall list, I will refrain from posting the list again unless I get significant feedback saying otherwise. I need to post it somewhere online instead, I suppose. Thanks for checking out my list, and all suggestion are welcome. -------------- Recommended readings. Unless noted otherwise, I have read all the following books. Recommendations are for the books I have found most useful. This list could be expanded significantly, but has been kept short to be usable. Firewalls: ---------- Building Internet Firewalls, 2nd Ed. - Zwicky, et al - ISBN 1565928717 IDS: ---- Network Intrusion Detection: An Analysts' Handbook, 2nd Ed. - Northcutt - ISBN 0735710082 Intrusion Signatures and Analysis - Northcutt - ISBN 0735710635 Intrusion Detection - Bace - ISBN 1578701856 Recommended by jose nazario ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Networking: ----------- TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume I- Stevens, Wright - ISBN 0201633469 Internetworking with TCP/IP, Volume I, 4th Ed. - Comer - ISBN 0130183806 Computer Networks, 3rd Ed. - Tanenbaum - ISBN 0133499456 Vulnerability Testing: ---------------------- Hacking Exposed, 2nd Ed. - Scambray, et al - ISBN 0072127481 General Security: ----------------- Practical Unix and Internet Security, 2nd Ed. - Garfinkel, Spafford - ISBN 1565921488 Cryptography: ------------- Applied Cryptography, 2nd Ed. - Schneier - ISBN 0471117099 Cryptography and Network Security: Principles and Practice, 2nd Ed. - Stallings, et al - ISBN 0138690170 Recommended by jose nazario ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Web sites: ---------- http://www.google.com/ -- excellent search engine http://www.securityfocus.com/ -- security news and education http://www.sans.org/ -- security training and reading http://www.cert.org/ -- general security news, alerts, exploit information ------------ Randy Graham -- You're kind of trying to pick between "horible disaster" and "attrocious disaster" -- Paul D. Robertson (on VNC vs. PPTP) - [To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe firewalls" in the body of the message.]
