Hack I.T. - Security Through Penetration Testing

Penetration testing is one of those odd jobs you typically hear little about—it is like a black art, and can come with not only smoke and mirrors but, for the pen tester, any number of trap doors and blind alleys. Bits and pieces of penetration testing have made it into the mainstream media, culminating in the classic hacker-fave film Sneakers, starring Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, and a host of other stars. And while plenty seems to be written about hacking and gaining access to systems, there has been nothing written that really speaks to the art of penetration testing.

Like most other high tech jobs portrayed in the movies, pen testing is not as glamorous as most people think. Oh sure, there are exciting moments, such as when the first system belonging to the target is penetrated, but it is actually hard work. Comparatively, a typical intruder's job is easy.

A regular electronic intruder has to find only one hole into an organization's computers, but a pen tester has to find them all. This is not only somewhat tedious and even boring at times, it is very important. The intruder probably does not care about such things as accidentally damaging systems, or wiping log files to hide his presence. The pen tester is trying to keep from disrupting normal business, preserve records and logs, yet still trying to move about unnoticed. In other words, to be a pen tester you have to have not only all of the intruder techniques possible, but also understand system administration as well as corporate life in general. Not an easy task.

TABLE OF CONTENT:
Chapter 01 - Hacking Today
Chapter 02 - Defining the Hacker
Chapter 03 - Penetration for Hire
Chapter 04 - Where the Exposures Lie
Chapter 05 - Internet Penetration
Chapter 06 - Dial-In Penetration
Chapter 07 - Testing Internal Penetration
Chapter 08 - Social Engineering
Chapter 09 - UNIX Methods
Chapter 10 - The Tool Kit
Chapter 11 - Automated Vulnerability Scanners
Chapter 12 - Discovery Tools
Chapter 13 - Port Scanners
Chapter 14 - Sniffers
Chapter 15 - Password Crackers
Chapter 16 - Windows NT Tools
Chapter 17 - Web-Testing Tools
Chapter 18 - Remote Control
Chapter 19 - Intrusion Detection Systems
Chapter 20 - Firewalls
Chapter 21 - Denial-of-Service Attacks
Chapter 22 - Wrapping It Up
Chapter 23 - Future Trends
Appendix A - CD-ROM Contents
Appendix B - The Twenty Most Critical Internet Security Vulnerabilities—The Experts' Consensus

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