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Internet Forensics
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by Robert Jones
Sales Rank: 615415
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List Price: $39.95
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Paperback: 238 pages
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. October 7, 2005
Language: English
ISBN-10: 059610006X
ISBN-13: 978-0596100063
Product Dimensions:
9 x 6.8 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
Product Description
Because it's so large and unregulated, the Internet is a fertile breeding ground for all kinds of scams and schemes. Usually it's your credit card number they're after, and they won't stop there. Not just mere annoyances, these scams are real crimes, with real victims. Now, thanks to "Internet Forensics" from O'Reilly, there's something you can do about it.
This practical guide to defending against Internet fraud gives you the skills you need to uncover the origins of the spammers, con artists, and identity thieves that plague the Internet. Targeted primarily at the developer community, "Internet Forensics" shows you how to extract the information that lies hidden in every email message, web page, and web server on the Internet. It describes the lengths the bad guys will go to cover their tracks, and offers tricks that you can use to see through their disguises. You'll also gain an understanding for how the Internet functions, and how spammers use these protocols to their devious advantage.
The book is organized around the core technologies of the Internet-email, web sites, servers, and browsers. Chapters describe how these are used and abused and show you how information hidden in each of them can be revealed. Short examples illustrate all the major techniques that are discussed. The ethical and legal issues that arise in the uncovering of Internet abuse are also addressed.
Not surprisingly, the audience for "Internet Forensics" is boundless. For developers, it's a serious foray into the world of Internet security; for weekend surfers fed up with spam, it's an entertaining and fun guide that lets them play amateur detective from the safe confines of their home oroffice.
About The Author
Robert Jones runs Craic Computing, a small bioinformatics company in Seattle that provides advanced software and data analysis services to the biotechnology industry. He was a bench molecular biologist for many years before programming got the better of him. Dr. Jones has extensive experience in Linux/Apache/MySQL/Perl software development and Linux systems administration.
Customer Reviews & Comments
I like how the author mixes both in-depth technical material with anecdotal stories about security issues. It's tough to categorize the books because the topics are so wide ranging. There is material on credit card security, request tracking, data obfuscation and more. And all of that within a slim 200 page frame. I can't recommend this for everyone. This is one of those books that you have to read the table of contents on to know if there is enough material in it for you to justify the purchase. Better yet, if you can get to a bookstore just have a flip through it.
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Internet Forensics
List Price: $39.95
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