[olug] Hacking Linux Exposed or Real World Linux Security?

[David Walker]

I have Hacking Linux Exposed and I like it pretty well
I've been wanting to set up a hacking contest where I get to be defender but 
it seems like a lot of work and I have a lot of paying work to do.

On Tuesday 07 January 2003 12:54 am, Daniel Pfile wrote:
> I got a borders gift card for christmas, and since I haven't bought any
> linux books in years (between man pages, google, and source code I
> haven't needed any) so I figured I'd pick one of these up. After
> reading the /. review, I'm wondering if anybody out there has read
> them. I'd like some input from a 'experienced' point of view, not
> really a unix newbie view. I understand basic firewall concepts, IDS,
> chroot, suid, buffer overflows, checksum audits and on and on and on.
> I've read many rfcs, and lots of code, but I'd like to know more. To
> fill out any missing points I guess.
>
> It's been a while since I've spent any amount of time around anybody
> with 'real' security skills. Script kiddies who ask me for shells don't
> count. One of my security friends died of a heart attack, another got
> too busy finishing his phd and we lost touch, another is in jail (long
> story), another died from poisoning (related to the one in jail, very
> very long story), so I'm lacking in mentors with a clue.
>
> Anyway, my experience with the 'exposed' books has always been they're
> lots of fluff and no good info. However, I'm finding mention that this
> one is actually a good book, maybe better than the real world linux
> security book. Right now Hacking Linux Exposed is winning. I'll
> probably stop by borders tomorrow and see if they have the latest
> editions of both to flip through.
>
> So any thoughts? Here are some links if you'd like to know what I'm
> talking about:
>
> slashdot review of real world linux security:
> http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/17/0234224&tid=172
>
> amazon page for real world linux security:
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0130464562
>
> another review of real world linux security:
> http://www.net-security.org/review.php?id=17
>
> hacking linux exposed homepage:
> http://www.hackinglinuxexposed.com/books/
>
> amazon page for hacking linux exposed
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0072225645
>
> review on first edition of HLE:
> http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1235/urm0105n/0105n.htm
>
> Oh, and does anybody want to be my guru mentor? There's a 75% chance
> you'll end up in jail or dead, and a 25% chance you'll move on to great
> things. :)
>
> -- Daniel
>
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