RE: Good security books

["Cupps, James" <James.Cupps () sappi com>]

All of the books mentioned are great. Hacking Exposed is a must. Most of
them (necessarily) only go 90% of the way.

If you really want to learn the stuff then read a few of the books and
then spend time at some of these sites reading white papers and looking
at actual code, vuln descriptions, methodologies and articles. 

http://packetstorm.linuxsecurity.com/

http://www.securityfocus.com/

http://www.sans.org/rr/

There are a lot of others of course but these will give you an
understanding from several different angles.

Once you have fried you mind with all of that tech NF writing you can
reopen it with some good Fiction.

Gibson - The patron saint of cyber and VR - Need I say anything else

And Neal Stephenson - How can a book about a pizza delivery guy be so
engrossing? Me - I can't figure it out but I can't get the picture out
of my mind...

Quick descriptions

Snowcrash - Douglas Adams meets Dan Brown then they both get hammered to
paste by Gibson

Cryptonomicon - Gibson and Brown meet and learn from Turing and Diffie

"A unique ability to condense fact from the vapor of nuance." 

James Cupps
Information Security Officer


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:full-disclosure-bounces () lists grok org uk] On Behalf Of Scott
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Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 3:36 PM
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Subject: [Full-disclosure] Good security books

Group,

Any good security books fellow members have read recently and would like
to recommend?
There is a lot more quantity than quality now a days

Thanks

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