Overview
Main description
Get complete coverage of all the objectives included on the EC-Council's Certified Ethical Hacker exam inside this comprehensive resource. Written by an IT security expert, this authoritative guide covers the vendor-neutral CEH exam in full detail. You'll find learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter, exam tips, practice exam questions, and in-depth explanations. Designed to help you pass the exam with ease, this definitive volume also serves as an essential on-the-job reference.
COVERS ALL EXAM TOPICS, INCLUDING:
- Introduction to ethical hacking
- Cryptography
- Reconnaissance and footprinting
- Network scanning
- Enumeration
- System hacking
- Evasion techniques
- Social engineering and physical security
- Hacking web servers and applications
- SQL injection
- Viruses, trojans, and other attacks
- Wireless hacking
- Penetration testing
CD-ROM FEATURES:
- Two practice exams
- PDF copy of the book
- Bonus appendix with author's recommended tools, sites, and references
Matt Walker, CEHv7, CPTS, CNDA, CCNA, MCSE, has held a wide variety of IT security teaching, writing, and leadership roles, including director of the Network Training Center on Ramstein AB, Germany, and IT security manager for Lockheed Martin at Kennedy Space Center. He is currently a security engineer for Hewlett-Packard.
Table of contents
Chapter 1. Ethical Hacking Basics
Chapter 2. Cryptography 101
Chapter 3. Reconnaissance: Information Gathering for the Ethical Hacker
Chapter 4. Scanning and Enumeration
Chapter 5. Hacking Through the Network: Sniffers and Evasion
Chapter 6. Attacking a System
Chapter 7. Low Tech: Social Engineering and Physical Security
Chapter 8. Web-Based Hacking: Servers and Applications
Chapter 9. Wireless Network Hacking
Chapter 10. Trojans and Other Attacks
Chapter 11. The Pen Test: Putting It All Together
Appendix A. Tool, Sites, and ReferencesAppendix B. About the CD
Glossary
Index
Author comments
Matt Walker, CCNA, CCNP, MCSE, CEH, CNDA, CPTS, is the IA Training Instructor Supervisor and a Senior IA Analyst at Dynetics, Inc., in Huntsville, Alabama. An IT education professional for more than 15 years, Matt served as the Director of Network Training, the Curriculum Lead, and Senior Instructor for the local Cisco Networking Academy on Ramstein AB, Germany. After leaving the US Air Force, he served as a Network Engineer for NASA's Secure Network Systems, designing and maintaining secured data, voice, and video networking for the agency.
