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Keeping Hackers and Crackers out of Your Home
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By
Tim Speed, Lotus Consulting, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.
Juanita Ellis, Consultant, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Steffano Korper, Going Beyond E-Commerce Technologies, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Description
The Personal Internet Security Guidebook is a complete guide to protecting your computer(s) on the Internet. The newest
attack point for hackers is home computers on DSL and/or cable modems. This book will show you how to set up a home network and protect
it from the "bad dudes." Also covered in this book is how to protect your computer on the road. Many hotels are now offering high-speed
Internet access and this book will show you how to keep your computer safe in the hotel room as well as on the hotel network.
This is
a how-to guide to keeping your personal computer safe on the Internet. Following the success of The Internet Security Guidebook,
the authors have used their expertise to create a book specifically addressing home computers and traveling notebooks. Included in this
book is a comprehensive list of vendors and services. Included are these key elements: protecting your PC on the Internet, home firewall
software, how to set up a home network, protecting your PC on the road, and protecting your PC via DSL and/or cable modem.
Audience
Personal computer users and information technology managers.
Contents
Introduction
Virus
Worms
Trojan
Port Scanning
File Share Attacks
DOS
Operating Systems (OS) Attacks
Scams
Chapter 1 - The Internet
Beginning of TCP/IP
TCP/IP and the Internet
OK, Back to Reality
Why Ethernet?
Chapter 2 - Got DSL, Got Cable, May Have Trouble (Connecting
to the Internet today)
The Internet and the Home User
The Personal Computer at Home:
The Business Computer at Home:
Connection Types
Dial-Up
ISDN
DSL
Cable Modem
Chapter 3 - Connecting Your Home Network to the Internet
Connection Types
Network Interface Cards
Setting
Up the NIC
HUB
Routers
What about Networking my MAC?
Personal Firewalls
Chapter 4 - Securing Your DSL, Cable Modem and Dial Up Connection
Virus Review
Law
Software
Attacks Against You and Your Pets
Good Security Practices
List of Death
The Approach
A Quick Overview on
a Wireless Home Network
Network Card or the PC
The Access Point
Dial-up Configuration Settings
WinIPCfg
IPConfig
Junk and Spam
The
Junk
The "Spam"
Chapter 5 - Physical Security and Insurance
Where are the risks?
Theft Prevention Devices
Alarms
Anti-theft
Security
Enclosures
Automatic Alert System
Other Considerations
Insurance
PC Security Checklist
Chapter 6 - Data Protection
Windows 2000 EFS
A Vendor Solution (Gatekeeper)
Smart Cards
Chapter 7 - Keep Your Data Private
Who is Keeping US Safe
How Are You Being Tracked?
The
FBI and Carnivore
Privacy Tools
Privacy References
Chapter 8 - Encryption For Your PC
A History of Cryptography
Key Types
How a Public-Private
encryption system works
RSA - Public and Private Key
PGP
Digital Signatures
S/MIME
Digital Certificates
How It All Works
Now the Packet
Sniffer
Securing the Link with SSL
Using and Managing Certificates
Reference books about Encryption
Security Hardware and Software
Reference Section
Encryption
Filters
General Protection
Personal Firewall
User Authentication
Virus Protection
TCP/IP Reference
ARP and
Routing
Ports
DHCP
Glossary of Terms
| Bibliographic details |
Paperback, 202 pages, publication date: OCT-2001
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-656561-4
ISBN-10: 0-12-656561-9
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
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