The Tao of Network Security Monitoring: Beyond Intrusion Detecti

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The Tao of Network Security Monitoring: Beyond Intrusion Detection
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From the Publisher

"The book you are about to read will arm you with the knowledge you need to
defend your network from attackersΓ??both the obvious and the not so obvious....
If you are new to network security, don't put this book back on the shelf! This
is a great book for beginners and I wish I had access to it many years ago. If
you've learned the basics of TCP/IP protocols and run an open source or
commercial IDS, you may be asking 'What's next?' If so, this book is for you."

Γ??Ron Gula, founder and CTO, Tenable Network Security, from the Foreword

"Richard Bejtlich has a good perspective on Internet securityΓ??one that is
orderly and practical at the same time. He keeps readers grounded and addresses
the fundamentals in an accessible way."

Γ??Marcus Ranum, TruSecure

"This book is not about security or network monitoring: It's about both, and in
reality these are two aspects of the same problem. You can easily find people
who are security experts or network monitors, but this book explains how to
master both topics."

Γ??Luca Deri, ntop.org

"This book will enable security professionals of all skill sets to improve their
understanding of what it takes to set up, maintain, and utilize a successful
network intrusion detection strategy."
Γ??Kirby Kuehl, Cisco Systems

Every network can be compromised. There are too many systems, offering too many
services, running too many flawedapplications. No amount of careful coding,
patch management, or access control can keep out every attacker. If prevention
eventually fails, how do you prepare for the intrusions that will eventually
happen?

Network security monitoring (NSM) equips security staff to deal with the
inevitable consequences of too few resources and too many responsibilities. NSM
collects the data needed to generate better assessment, detection, and response
processesΓ??resulting in decreased impact from unauthorized activities.

In The Tao of Network Security Monitoring, Richard Bejtlich explores the
products, people, and processes that implement the NSM model. By focusing on
case studies and the application of open source tools, he helps you gain
hands-on knowledge of how to better defend networks and how to mitigate damage
from security incidents.

Inside, you will find in-depth information on the following areas.

* The NSM operational framework and deployment considerations.
* How to use a variety of open-source toolsΓ??including Sguil, Argus, and
EtherealΓ??to mine network traffic for full content, session, statistical, and
alert data.
* Best practices for conducting emergency NSM in an incident response
scenario, evaluating monitoring vendors, and deploying an NSM architecture.
* Developing and applying knowledge of weapons, tactics, telecommunications,
system administration, scripting, and programming for NSM.
* The best tools for generating arbitrary packets, exploiting flaws,
manipulating traffic, and conducting reconnaissance.

Whether you are new to network intrusion detection and incident response, or a
computer-security veteran, this book will enable you to quickly develop and
apply the skills needed to detect, prevent, and respond to new and emerging
threats.

;. IEEE CIPHER

"Well constructed, readable and useful. The approach is a good one and the
initial challenge of going beyond ID was successfully met by Bejtlich. It is a
book that can be recommended without reservation.

Table of Contents
Ch. 1 The security process 3
Ch. 2 What is network security monitoring? 25
Ch. 3 Deployment considerations 45
Ch. 4 The reference intrusion model 105
Ch. 5 Full content data 119
Ch. 6 Additional data analysis 173
Ch. 7 Session data 211
Ch. 8 Statistical data 247
Ch. 9 Alert data : Bro and Prelude 285
Ch. 10 Alert data : NSM using Sguil 317
Ch. 11 Best practices 347
Ch. 12 Case studies for managers 385
Ch. 13 Analyst training program 405
Ch. 14 Discovering DNS 433
Ch. 15 Harnessing the power of session data 473
Ch. 16 Packet monkey heaven 491
Ch. 17 Tools for attacking network security monitoring 521
Ch. 18 Tactics for attacking network security monitoring 583
Epilogue : the future of network security monitoring 651
App. A Protocol header reference 663
App. B Intellectual history of network security monitoring 685
App. C Protocol anomaly detection 757

Product Details

* ISBN: 0321246772
* ISBN-13: 9780321246776
* Format: Paperback, 798pp
* Publisher: Addison-Wesley
* Pub. Date: July 2004

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