Hack I.T.: Security Through Penetration Testing

Penetration testing--in which professional, "white hat" hackers attempt to break through an organization¡¯s security defenses--has become a key defense weapon in today¡¯s information systems security arsenal. Through penetration testing, I.T. and security professionals can take action to prevent true "black hat" hackers from compromising systems and exploiting proprietary information.

Hack I.T.introduces penetration testing and its vital role in an overall network security plan. You will learn about the roles and responsibilities of a penetration testing professional, the motivation and strategies of the underground hacking community, and potential system vulnerabilities, along with corresponding avenues of attack. Most importantly, the book provides a framework for performing penetration testing and offers step-by-step descriptions of each stage in the process. The latest information on the necessary hardware for performing penetration testing, as well as an extensive reference on the available security tools, is included.

Comprehensive in scope Hack I.T. provides in one convenient resource the background, strategies, techniques, and tools you need to test and protect your system--before the real hackers attack.

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XML Bible, Gold Edition

The emergence of XML is having an enormous impact on Web development, and scaling the learning curve of this new technology is a priority for many developers. The XML Bible offers a superb introduction to the subject and the groundwork to understand XML's future developments.

Author Elliotte Rusty Harold uses a patient, step-by-step discussion that clearly points out the potential of XML without boring his readership with tons of SGML spec-speak. Harold opens quickly with a "Hello World" example to get the reader coding early, and follows that with a simple but powerful example of XML's data management benefits--presenting baseball statistics. Once you've coded your first XML documents, you'll be hooked on the technology and motivated to learn about the more sophisticated topics.

Style sheet languages are covered comprehensively to illustrate the presentation possibilities and pitfalls. An unusually long list of real-life XML applications also shows how XML is already being used, and there is in-depth coverage of the Resource Description Framework, Channel Definition Format, and Vector Markup Language. The book wraps up with a section that helps you design your own XML application from scratch.

Topics covered: XML background, example XML applications, type definitions (DTDs), style languages, Xlinks, Xpointers, Namespaces, application planning, and XML 1.0 specification

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Professional XML (Programmer to Programmer)

From document type definitions and XQuery to Web services and form development, this book takes you through all of the XML capabilities that companies want to implement today. It not only covers the basics of XML and the XML specification, but also shows you the XML-based applications that are driving the tech industry forward, such as blogging and alerts.
Professional XML first guides you through the steps for utilizing XML and XML-based presentation technologies. It next delves into the steps you can follow to transform and program your XML documents. You'll then discover best practices for integrating XML with Ajax, the .NET Framework, Java®, and more. Integrated throughout the chapters, you'll also find proven tips and techniques on how to apply the discussed technology so that you can continue to build the best possible applications
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Teach Yourself ASP.NET Ajax in 24 Hours

In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, you’ll learn how to build advanced web sites and applications with ASP.NET Ajax--and upgrade existing pages to deliver more power and business value. Using a straightforward, step-by-step approach, each lesson equips you with sufficient information and guides you to mastery of Ajax in real-world applications.

One step at a time, you’ll discover how to make the most of the Microsoft Ajax Library and Ajax Server Extensions. You’ll develop secure, reliable Web services and applications that solve real problems--including a complete sample e-commerce application.
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Hacker Web Exploitation Uncovered

A description and analysis of the vulnerabilities caused by programming errors in Web applications, this book is written from both from the attacker's and security specialist's perspective. Covered is detecting, investigating, exploiting, and eliminating vulnerabilities in Web applications as well as errors such as PHP source code injection, SQL injection, and XSS. The most common vulnerabilities in PHP and Perl scripts and methods of exploiting these weaknesses are described, information on writing intersite scripts and secure systems for the hosted sites, creating secure authorization systems, and bypassing authorization. Uncovered is how attackers can benefit from the hosted target and why an apparently normal-working application might be vulnerable.

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HTML and CSS

This book's for you. We'll leverage what you already know about the web, so you'll go further, faster than you ever expected. You'll master today's best practices: the real nuts and bolts, not theory or hooey. You'll learn through dozens of focused HTML, XHTML, and CSS examples: crafted for simplicity and easy to adapt for your own projects.

Need specific solutions? This book's modular, visual, high-efficiency format delivers them instantly. Molly E. Holzschlag draws on her unparalleled experience teaching Web design and development. No other HTML/CSS guide covers this much, this well, this quickly. Dig in, get started, get results!

* All you need to succeed with HTML, XHTML, and CSS in real-world projects
* Learn how to build web pages that'll work in any environment, on virtually any contemporary browser
* Construct templates that simplify every page you develop
* Structure and tag text so it's easy to work with and manage
* Add images, media, and scripts—quickly and reliably
* Discover the right ways to use HTML tables
* Build easy-to-use forms and validate your users' input
* Use CSS to take total control over your site's look and feel
* Master core CSS techniques: color, images, text styles, link effects, lists, navigation, and more
* Control margins, borders, padding, positioning, floats, even Z-index
* Design efficient, compatible, easy-to-manage CSS layouts

Includes concise XHTML and CSS annotated references: quick help for every language element
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The Microsoft Expression Web Developer's Guide to ASP.NET 3.5: Learn to create ASP.NET applications using Visual Web Developer

“This book is a great reference for web designers new to ASP.NET who are looking to jump start their development with Visual Web Developer 2008.”
Mikhail Arkhipov
Principal Development Manager – Web Development Tools
Microsoft Corporation

Expression Web introduced ASP.NET to a new group of web developers. This book is designed to help you start using ASP.NET right away to add powerful new features to your website. Don’t worry, you won’t have to learn a lot of programming; instead, you’ll create an ASP.NET application from start to finish using Visual Web Developer 2008, while writing only a very small amount of actual programming code.

DETAILED INFORMATION ON HOW TO…
• Create and work with websites in Visual Web Developer 2008
• Use the different compilation and code models in ASP.NET
• Configure ASP.NET security and other settings
• Use ASP.NET master pages and user controls
• Take advantage of ASP.NET membership features for a password-protected website
• Use form validation in ASP.NET
• Use CSS, skins, and themes
• Access, edit, and add data to a database using ASP.NET
• Send email using ASP.NET
• Use Ajax and ASP.NET Web services
• Debug and troubleshoot ASP.NET
. . . and much more!
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Blogging and RSS: A Librarian's Guide

The way has been paved by the tech-savvy and resource-rich, but any library or librarian can successfully create and syndicate a blog today. In this readable book, author, Internet trainer, and blogger Michael P. Sauers, M.L.S., shows how blogging and RSS technology can be easily and effectively used in the context of a library community. Sauers showcases interesting and useful blogs, shares insights from librarian bloggers, and offers step-by-step instructions for creating, publishing, and syndicating a blog using free Web-based services, software, RSS feeds, and aggregators.

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Integrated HTML and CSS: A Smarter, Faster Way to Learn

Integrated HTML and CSS,you'll learn about:

* Writing well-structured HTML for use by any web-capable device
* Designing page layouts using CSS
* Controlling fonts, colors, backgrounds, borders, and margins
* Using lists to create attractive, button-like menus
* Using images as backgrounds, links, page content, and decoration
* Creating and styling forms
* Personalizing your weblog
* Understanding and applying design and usability principles
* Publishing and testing your pages
* Validating your code
* Making pages accessible to all visitors
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Core Java 2, Volume II: Advanced Features (5th Edition)

Core Java, Volume 2, Fifth Edition offers all-new discussions of XML and servlets, plus thoroughly revamped coverage of many advanced features -- from collections to native methods, security to Swing. Cay Horstmann begins with thoroughly updated coverage of JDK 2 Version 1.3 multithreading, collections, and networking. He presents a detailed chapter on advanced database integration utilizing the JDBC API; completely revised coverage of remote objects; advanced techniques for utilizing JavaBeans; and much more. The book contains advanced techniques for building GUIs with both AWT and Swing; internationalizing software; and leveraging the latest Java security model.
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