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Social Network Analysis in Telecommunications

Jan 23, 2012 | No Comments

Carlos Andre Reis Pinheiro, “Social Network Analysis in Telecommunications” W..ey | 2011 | ISBN: 047064754X | 304 pages | PDF | 2,9 MB

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OpenVPN 2 Cookbook

Jan 3, 2012 | No Comments

This is a cookbook, with practical recipes providing tips and tricks to the most common problems and scenarios faced with OpenVPN. This book is ideal for system administrators and networking professionals who are interested in building secure VPNs using OpenVPN. It is preferable that the reader has a basic knowledge of OpenVPN, as well as general network administration skills. Download ebook: OpenVPN 2 Cookbook If you liked this post, buy me a beer. (Suggested: $3 a beer or $7.5 for a pitcher)

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Network+ 2005 Q&A (Repost)

Dec 19, 2011 | No Comments

Network+ 2005 Q&A Course Technology PTR | February 21, 2005 | ISBN-10: 1592007945 | 300 pages | PDF | 2.26 MB “Network+ 2005 Q&A” is a straightforward, cut-and-dry guide to preparing for the Network+ exam. Providing 800 questions and answers for

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Aggressive Network Self-Defense

Nov 26, 2011 | No Comments

Over the past year there has been a shift within the computer security world away from passive, reactive defense towards more aggressive, proactive countermeasures. Although such tactics are extremely controversial, many security professionals are reaching into the dark side of their tool box to identify, target, and suppress their adversaries. This book will provide a detailed analysis of the most timely and dangerous attack vectors targeted at operating systems, applications, and critical infrastructure and the cutting-edge counter-measures used to nullify the actions of an attacking, criminal hacker. *First book to demonstrate and explore controversial network strike back and countermeasure techniques. *Provides tightly guarded secrets to find out WHO is really attacking you over the internet. *Provides security professionals and forensic specialists with invaluable information for finding and prosecuting criminal hackers. Download ebook: Aggressive Network Self-Defense If you liked this post, buy me a beer. (Suggested: $3 a beer or $7.5 for a pitcher)

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Social Network Analysis for Startups: Finding connections on the social web

Nov 20, 2011 | No Comments

Does your startup rely on social network analysis? This concise guide provides a statistical framework to help you identify social processes hidden among the tons of data now available. Social network analysis (SNA) is a discipline that predates Facebook and Twitter by 30 years. Through expert SNA researchers, you’ll learn concepts and techniques for recognizing patterns in social media, political groups, companies, cultural trends, and interpersonal networks. You’ll also learn how to use Python and other open source tools—such as NetworkX, NumPy, and Matplotlib—to gather, analyze, and visualize social data. This book is the perfect marriage between social network theory and practice, and a valuable source of insight and ideas. Discover how internal social networks affect a company’s ability to perform Follow terrorists and revolutionaries through the 1998 Khobar Towers bombing, the 9/11 attacks, and the Egyptian uprising Learn how a single special-interest group can control the outcome of a national election Examine relationships between companies through investment networks and shared boards of directors Delve into the anatomy of cultural fads and trends—offline phenomena often mediated by Twitter and Facebook Download ebook: Social Network Analysis for Startups: Finding connections on the social web If you liked this post, buy me a beer. (Suggested: $3 a beer or $7.5 for a pitcher)

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Planning for IPv6

Oct 18, 2011 | No Comments

It’s official: with IPv4 network addresses close to depletion, moving to IPv6 is now business critical. This concise book helps you plan for IPv6 integration by providing a high-level overview of the technical—and nontechnical—steps involved. Many of the challenges for your enterprise are on the organizational level, and solutions differ from company to company. IPv6 Essentials author Silvia Hagen, a protocol analysis and directory service expert who’s worked with IPv6 international groups and forums for 10 years, supplies answers to the issues most frequently discussed by the clients she consults. With this guide, IPv6 project leaders and planning team members learn how to develop a cohesive integration strategy for building the next-generation network. Make a business case by focusing on the opportunities IPv6 offers Create a high level design and conduct a network assessment Develop a plan for evaluating vendors and products, and building labs and testing Understand routing protocol choices, security designs, and DNS issues Discover how to create an IPv6 address plan and manage IPv6 addresses Learn the available integration and transition technologies, and the scenarios they cover Download ebook: Planning for IPv6 If you liked this post, buy me a beer. (Suggested: $3 a beer or $7.5 for a pitcher)

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FreeRADIUS Beginner’s Guide

Oct 18, 2011 | No Comments

This is a fast-paced Beginner’s Guide that will take you step by step through the fundamentals of FreeRADIUS and using it in your live projects. It has been structured in a way that will let you get maximum practical information out of it in setting up your own FreeRADIUS server. It will guide you on all the aspects of FreeRADIUS and do much more to get you all the ‘A’s right. If you are an Internet Service Provider (ISPs) or a network manager who needs to track and control network usage, then this is the book for you. You need to be familiar with Linux and have a solid understanding of TCP/IP. No previous knowledge of RADIUS or FreeRADIUS is required. Download ebook: FreeRADIUS Beginner’s Guide If you liked this post, buy me a beer. (Suggested: $3 a beer or $7.5 for a pitcher)

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Computer Networks: An Open Source Approach

Oct 13, 2011 | No Comments

Ying-Dar Lin, Ren-Hung Hwang, and Fred Baker’s Computer Networks: An Open Source Approach is the first text to implement an open source approach, discussing the network layers, their applications, and the implementation issues. The book features 56 open-source code examples to narrow the gap between domain knowledge and hands-on skills. Students learn by doing and are aided by the book’s extensive pedagogy. Lin/Hwang/Baker is designed for the first course in computer networks for computer science undergraduates or first year graduate students. Download ebook: Computer Networks: An Open Source Approach If you liked this post, buy me a beer. (Suggested: $3 a beer or $7.5 for a pitcher)

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How to Cheat at Configuring Open Source Security Tools

Sep 28, 2011 | No Comments

The Perfect Reference for the Multitasked SysAdmin This is the perfect guide if network security tools is not your specialty. It is the perfect introduction to managing an infrastructure with freely available, and powerful, Open Source tools. Learn how to test and audit your systems using products like Snort and Wireshark and some of the add-ons available for both. In addition, learn handy techniques for network troubleshooting and protecting the perimeter. * Take Inventory See how taking an inventory of the devices on your network must be repeated regularly to ensure that the inventory remains accurate. * Use Nmap Learn how Nmap has more features and options than any other free scanner. * Implement Firewalls Use netfilter to perform firewall logic and see how SmoothWall can turn a PC into a dedicated firewall appliance that is completely configurable. * Perform Basic Hardening Put an IT security policy in place so that you have a concrete set of standards against which to measure. * Install and Configure Snort and Wireshark Explore the feature set of these powerful tools, as well as their pitfalls and other security considerations. * Explore Snort Add-Ons Use tools like Oinkmaster to automatically keep Snort signature files current. * Troubleshoot Network Problems See how to reporting on bandwidth usage and other metrics and to use data collection methods like sniffing, NetFlow, and SNMP. * Learn Defensive Monitoring Considerations See how to define your wireless network boundaries, and monitor to know if they’re being exceeded and watch for unauthorized traffic on your network. *Covers the top 10 most popular open source security tools including Snort, Nessus, Wireshark, Nmap, and Kismet *Companion Web site contains dozens of working scripts and tools for readers *Follows Syngress’ proven “How to Cheat” pedagogy providing readers with everything they need and nothing they don’t Download Here If you liked this post, buy me a beer. (Suggested: $3 a beer or $7.5 for a pitcher)

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Network Processors: Architecture, Programming, and Implementation

Sep 27, 2011 | No Comments

Network processors are the basic building blocks of today’s high-speed, high-demand, quality-oriented communication networks. Designing and implementing network processors requires a new programming paradigm and an in-depth understanding of network processing requirements. This book leads the reader through the requirements and the underlying theory of networks, network processing, and network processors. It covers implementation of network processors and intergrates EZchip Microcode Development Environment so that you can gain hands-on experience in writing high-speed networking applications. By the end of the book, the reader will be able to write and test applications on a simulated network processor. Comprehensive, theoretical, and pracitical coverage of networks and high-speed networking applications Descirbes contemporary core, metro, and access networks and their processing algorithms Covers network processor architectures and programming models, enabling readers to assess the optimal network processor typer and configuration for their application Free download from http://www.cse.bgu.ac.il/npbook includes microcode development tools that provide hands-on experience with programming a network processor Download Here If you liked this post, buy me a beer. (Suggested: $3 a beer or $7.5 for a pitcher)

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