So I was wandering through a local bookstore the other day, and I noticed they'd finally organized the computer section into a more logical breakdown. They'd finally put all the books on Cisco networking in one place, all the books on Microsoft administration in one section, all the books on security in one section, etc. . . and even done a little cross-referencing, so you could find books on "Microsoft Security" out of the security section, for example. In any case, I came across some books that will now be inhabiting my shelf, once I get paid again, and I thought I'd share:
I actually picked up
Hacking Exposed 5th Edition at the
RSA security conference this year, so I don't need to buy it. It seems that McGraw-Hill's raking in money, because there's a whole slew of new books I'm going to be drooling over until Amazon delivers:
Hacking Cisco Networks ExposedHacking VoIP ExposedHacking Wireless Exposed
I may even check out
Hacking Web Applications Exposed, depending on if I really want to get dragged back into the web-development world. I wasn't as impressed with their
Hacking Windows Server 2003 Exposed book. I thought it was okay, but not as good as some of the others.
I'm waiting for updates to
Hacking Linux Exposed and
Hacking Computer Forensics Exposed. They both looked really good, when I paged through them at the store, but they're a little dated. Another book that littered the stack next to my chair at the bookstore was
Rootkits: Subverting the Windows Kernel from Addison-Wesley Publishing. It looked pretty cool, but probably a bit over my head, (for now). Some people swear by the Hacking Exposed books, others aren't impressed. I, for one, enjoyed the Hacking Exposed Fifth Edition, and the three new titles that just came out look really good. So, there's going to be a set of new, thick, books adorning my desk at work sooner than later.
