Index

controls, 15

administrative, 16

physical, 15

Symbols

technical, 15

conventions

802.11x, 76

document, vi

and security, 76

cracker

black hat hacker, 17

A

crackers

definition, 17

Apache HTTP Server

cgi security, 52

directives, 51

D

introducing, 51

attackers and risks, 17

dd, 97, 98

Denial of Service (DoS)

distributed, 14

B

DMZ

basic input output system

(See networks)

(See BIOS)

BIOS

security, 27

F

passwords, 27

black hat hacker

file, 98

(See crackers)

file auditing

boot loaders

tools, 98

GRUB

find, 98

password protecting, 28

firewall types, 67

LILO

network address translation (NAT), 67

password protecting, 29

packet filter, 67

security, 28

proxy, 67

firewalls, 67

additional resources, 73

C

personal, 43

CIPE, 59

types, 67

customizing, 64

FTP

installation, 60

anonymous access, 53

co location services, 78

anonymous upload, 54

collecting evidence, 97

greeting banner, 53

file auditing tools, 97

introducing, 52

dd, 98

TCP wrappers and, 55

file, 98

user accounts, 54

find, 98

grep, 98

vsftpd, 52

md5sum, 98

warning banner, 53

stat, 98

wu ftpd, 52

strings, 98

common exploits and attacks, 103

table, 103

G

communication tools

secure, 43

grep, 98

GPG, 43

grey hat hacker

OpenSSH, 43

(See hackers)

computer emergency response team, 96