The practical guide to simulating, detecting, and responding to network attacks

* Create step-by-step testing plans
* Learn to perform social engineering and host reconnaissance
* Evaluate session hijacking methods
* Exploit web server vulnerabilities
* Detect attempts to breach database security
* Use password crackers to obtain access information
* Circumvent Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) and firewall protections and disrupt the service of routers and switches
* Scan and penetrate wireless networks
* Understand the inner workings of Trojan Horses, viruses, and other backdoor applications
* Test UNIX, Microsoft, and Novell servers for vulnerabilities
* Learn the root cause of buffer overflows and how to prevent them
* Perform and prevent Denial of Service attacks