Description
Summary:This book is written to give the reader a well-rounded understanding of honeypots in wired and wireless networks. It addresses honeypots from various perspectives. The book is exhaustive, systematic and user friendly. Case studies are given to enhance the practical understanding of the subject along with strong theoretical foundation. It includes the latest technology in Information Security, and Honeypots including honeytokens, honeynets and honeyfarms. It further discusses the role of honeypots in various attack scenarios like denial of service, virus, worms, phishing, etc. and elaborates on virtual honeypots and forensics. Practical implementations as well as current state of research has been discussed. The book is intended for anyone who as to administer, secure, hack, practice, understand or research on security technologies. It will serve both an academic and professional audience. Also meant for students doing a course in Honeypots in the disciplines Computer Science, Information Technology, Network Security, Information Science and Management
Physical Description:xiv, 328 pages illustrations
ISBN:9781439869994
1439869995
0429061900