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Zartanasaurus

Forsaken_GA wrote: »

POSNA I could I be a little more forgiving on, it's a weighty tome, but it's still worth it's weight in gold. The day I got my copy, I took it into work (was at a previous job) and started reading excerpts in the NOC, generally those regarding good practices.

I only got a few chapters in, but what I read up to that point seemed like common sense. I plan to pick it back up again in the future. Was a pretty easy read.

I've read the following books this year:
Absolute C++ - Great, great, great book for anyone looking to learn C++ from scratch. I went through several other books trying to find a good intro book and this one is absolutely it. I'm trying to get ready for a C++ Data Structures class and I took Java I & II about 7 years ago, so I don't remember a thing.

Network Flow Analysis - About 65% done with this. I'm finally starting down the path of non-cert oriented books about Networking. More looking towards how to be a good network admin rather than how to be good at configuring the gear. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone.

Squid Proxy Server 3.1 Beginner's Guide - I was looking to set up a squid proxy server for testing and this book fit the bill nicely. Straight to the point, no nonsense type of book. If you're looking to get squid up and running and implement "X" feature, this is a good starting point.

Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches - This was my "I learned some Powershell a few years ago and let it atrophy so I need to get back in the game" book. Great book for learning the hows and whys of PowerShell.

As you can see, I jump around a lot on my technologies. Going forward, I want to stay focused on learning *nix and networking.

So my current wish list is something like this:
Unix & Linux System Administration Handbook
Essential System Administration
I'm not really looking to be a *nix Admin, but I want to be competent enough to deploy services in support of daily network admin duties. I guess I could pick up a Linux+ book as well, but this book comes highly rated on amazon.

Mastering VMWare 4
Essential SNMP
Practical Packet Analysis

RobertKaucher

Slowhand wrote: »

I have to admit, I've had this on my wishlist for a while, as well: Zero Day: A Novel.

On the one hand, it looks to be another attempt to make hacking into an Ocean's 11 style heist, in the flavor of Tom Clancy style political intrigue. On the other, it's written by Mark Russinovich. I might pick it up sometime soon, just to sate my curiosity.

Any one finished this yet? I'm thinking of getting it next month...

geek12

I'm reading a good book:
Amazon.com: Network Security Bible (9780470502495): Eric Cole: Books

Slowhand

Zartanasaurus wrote: »

Absolute C++ - Great, great, great book for anyone looking to learn C++ from scratch. I went through several other books trying to find a good intro book and this one is absolutely it. I'm trying to get ready for a C++ Data Structures class and I took Java I & II about 7 years ago, so I don't remember a thing.

Funny thing about that. I have the 1st Edition of Absolute C++ on my bookshelf as well as Problem Solving With C++, (mine's the fourth edition.) Both are from an intro to programming class I took about ten years ago.

I can recommend Problem Solving With C++ to anyone first starting out that wants a 'gentler' intro, but Absolute C++ is definitely worth every penny if you're really wanting to dig your teeth into coding and move on to data structures & algorithms. I'd say it's been second only to the C++ Primer Plus, in my journey through C++ books so far.

RobertKaucher

The 6th edition of Windows Internals is coming out: Windows Internals 6th Edition: Part 1
I've been expecting this for a few months now and publication got pushed back a few times. I'm not certain there will be much new information but I'm going to make a point of going over the stuff on the networking stack. Excited to see if things like branch cache have been added.

But I will warn people it's a two part deal. I/O and other important components are going to be covered in part two.

onesaint

Books, I currently own and haven't had time to completely read (dang Cisco 9.99 ebook deals):

Storage Networks Explained: http://www.amazon.com/Storage-Networks-Explained-Application-ebook/dp/B005UQCZ5W/ref=sr_1_4?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1333647973&sr=1-4

Amazon.com: Deploying OpenStack (9781449311056): Ken Pepple: Books

Smashwords — SSH Mastery: OpenSSH, PuTTY, Tunnels and Keys — A book by Michael W Lucas

Amazon.com: Classic Shell Scripting: Hidden Commands that Unlock the Power of Unix eBook: Arnold Robbins, Nelson H. F. Beebe: Kindle Store

Amazon.com: Foundations of IT Service Management with ITIL 2011 eBook: Brady Orand, Julie Villarreal: Kindle Store

Amazon.com: Cloud Computing: Automating the Virtualized Data Center (Networking Technology) (9781587204340): Venkata Josyula, Malcolm Orr, Greg Page: Books

Amazon.com: Enterprise Network Testing: Testing Throughout the Network Lifecycle to Maximize Availability and Performance (Networking Technology) (9781587141270): Andy Sholomon, Tom Kunath: Books

Amazon.com: Cisco Firewalls (Networking Technology: Security) (9781587141096): Alexandre M.S.P. Moraes: Books

My main focus currently is
Amazon.com: RHCSA/RHCE Red Hat Linux Certification Study Guide (Exams EX200 & EX300), 6th Edition (Certification Press) (9780071765657): Michael Jang: Books
with a supplement of
Amazon.com: Hands-on Guide to the Red Hat® Exams: RHCSA™ and RHCE® Cert Guide and Lab Manual (Certification Guide) eBook: Damian Tommasino: Kindle Store

and my future list is way too long to post here. It spans the gamut, from Thor's Microsoft Security Bible and the boot Robert mentioned above, to IBM Redbooks on SANs, and finer detailed Red Hat guides like Security-Enhanced Linux . Although I must admit the Red Hat books will get more attention for the time being.

tpatt100

I have had this book on my Amazon wish list for a while. I am not buying the Wireshark book until I am actually ready to drop the money to take the test.

Amazon.com: Wireshark Network Analysis: The Official Wireshark Certified Network Analyst Study Guide (978189393999

: Laura Chappell, Gerald Combs: Books

onesaint

tpatt100 wrote: »

I have had this book on my Amazon wish list for a while. I am not buying the Wireshark book until I am actually ready to drop the money to take the test.

Amazon.com: Wireshark Network Analysis: The Official Wireshark Certified Network Analyst Study Guide (978189393999: Laura Chappell, Gerald Combs: Books

Have a look here and see if you can't find it in a local public library.

I guess this must be the abridged version:
Amazon.com: Official Exam Prep Guide: Wireshark Certified Network Analyst eBook: Laura Chappell: Kindle Store

veritas_libertas

tpatt100 wrote: »

I have had this book on my Amazon wish list for a while. I am not buying the Wireshark book until I am actually ready to drop the money to take the test.

Amazon.com: Wireshark Network Analysis: The Official Wireshark Certified Network Analyst Study Guide (978189393999: Laura Chappell, Gerald Combs: Books

That is one of the books I want to open after I finish the CCNA, but only after, because if I start opening the book I'm sure I'll get distracted

RobertKaucher

veritas_libertas wrote: »

That is one of the books I want to open after I finish the CCNA, but only after, because if I start opening the book I'm sure I'll get distracted

That's the way I am. I'm trying hard to get to the point where I can just read a book on something without trying to fully master it. That way I at least know what is possible with a technology, even if I must go back and get details about how to accomplish it. I at least finish the book and end up increasing my skill level over time.

Xcluziv

Here are a couple books I started perusing

Amazon.com: Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2010 Step by Step (Step by Step (Microsoft)) (978073562733

: Penelope Coventry: Books

Amazon.com: Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Developer Reference (9780735639034): Paolo Pialorsi: Books

RobertKaucher

Xcluziv wrote: »

Here are a couple books I started perusing
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Amazon.com: Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Developer Reference (9780735639034): Paolo Pialorsi: Books

That's a pretty good book. I think the best one is Designing Solutions for Microsoft SharePoint 2010: Making the right architecture and implementation decisions (Patterns & Practices): Jason Lee, Chris Keyser, Robert Bogue, Todd Baginski: 9780735656086: Amazon.com: Books

I have a physical copy, I need to just break down and buy the Kindle edition, though.

N2IT

Anything finance, excel, sql, vb, project management, service management, business analyst

biggene

Being a relative newb to the Cisco world, I have done HelpDesk/Desktop Support for almost 20 years though, these are next up on my list. I basically screwed off the first 18 years of my career, and now I am definitely paying for it.

Amazon.com: CCNA Cisco Certified Network Associate Study Guide, includes CD-ROM: Exam 640-802 (9780470901076): Todd Lammle: Books

Amazon.com: Todd Lammle's CCNA IOS Commands Survival Guide (9780470175606): Todd Lammle: Books

http://www.amazon.com/CCNA-Portable-Command-Guide-Edition/dp/1587201933/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=FMKZV2VNPRQ7&coliid=IYPN2INZO43Z5

Gene

Zorodzai

Reading:

Amazon.com: Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 T-SQL Fundamentals (PRO-Developer) (9788178531045): Itzik Ben-Gan: Books

Wishlist:

Amazon.com: Inside Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008: T-SQL Programming (Pro-Developer) (9780735626027): Itzik Ben-Gan, Dejan Sarka, Roger Wolter, Greg Low, Ed Katibah, Isaac Kunen: Books

Amazon.com: CAPM Exam Prep: Rita Mulcahy's Course in a Book for Passing the CAPM Exam (978193273520

: Rita Mulcahy: Books

Amazon.com: Catastrophe Disentanglement: Getting Software Projects Back on Track (9780321336620): E. M. Bennatan: Books

Amazon.com: Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction, Second Edition (0790145196705): Steve McConnell: Books

Vik210

[h=1]IT Governance: A Manager's Guide to Data Security and ISO 27001 / ISO 27002
[/h]
this is what i am starting now followed by CISSP study guide.

radix

Planning to get this after passing the CCNA

Amazon.com: Network Warrior (9781449387860): Gary A. Donahue: Books

Roguetadhg

Reading:
(Security+) Amazon.com: CompTIA Security+: Get Certified Get Ahead: SY0-301 Study Guide (9781463762360): Darril Gibson: Books

Ready to go (Need to Finish):
(Men's Health) Amazon.com: The Men's Health Diet: 27 Days to Sculpted Abs, Maximum Muscle & Superhuman Sex! (9781605291369): Stephen Perrine, Adam Bornstein, Heather Hurlock, Men's Health Editors: Books
I've been on this healthy kick for a month+ now. Eating salads, and running at the gym. Might as well pull the trigger and actually read this book.

(Linux+) Amazon.com: LPIC-1/CompTIA Linux+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide (Exams LPIC-1/LX0-101 & LX0-102) (9780071771573): Robb Tracy: Books

Going to Revisit Afterwards:
(ICND1) Amazon.com: CCENT/CCNA ICND1 Official Exam Certification Guide, 2nd Edition (9781587201820): Wendell Odom: Books

(ICND2) Amazon.com: CCNA ICND2 Official Exam Certification Guide (CCNA Exams 640-816 and 640-802) (2nd Edition) (9781587201813): Wendell Odom: Books

New(ish): I definitely did have to read the first chapter when I first got it...

(CCNA:Voice) Amazon.com: CCNA Voice 640-461 Official Cert Guide (9781587204173): Jeremy Cioara, Michael Valentine: Books

Wishlist:
Itil Foundation:
http://www.amazon.com/Foundations-Service-Management-ITIL-2011/dp/1466231327/

Routing TCP/IP Vol 1&2
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1587052024/
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1578700892/

Practical Packet Analysis
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1593272669/

destini99

I can agree

umarbhatti

Currently reading:

Cloud Computing: Automating the Virtualized Data Center (Networking Technology): Venkata Josyula,Malcolm Orr,Greg Page: 9781587204340: Amazon.com: Books

As its my first time dabbing into Cloud Computing and networking at the same time, some off the topics are pretty full on. But thoroughly enjoying it so far just to get a understanding of the terminology.

Slowhand

An update on one of the books on my wish-list: I actually finished Zero Day a little while back. I enjoyed it a great deal, definitely worth a read. I may just do a full-blown book review here on TechExams once I have the time to sit down and do it.

veritas_libertas

Slowhand wrote: »

There are lost of books I need to read, but there's one that I found at the local Border's the other day that I wish I had the time to sit down and read through:
Hacking Exposed: Computer Forensics

That is a good read. I have it on my bookshelf and it only took me a few days to consume. Good stuff.

My wish list is mostly filled with Cisco or networking related stuff.

jgill

Amazon.com: Wornell, Gregory's Signal Processing with Fractals: A Wavelet Based Approach 1st (first) edition by Wornell, Gregory published by Prentice Hall [Textbook Binding] (1995): Books

Gotta love some fractal tech.

RobertKaucher

That looks interesting!

datgirl

The new Absolute OpenBSD: UNIX for the Practical Paranoid is on my Summer reading list.

Ivanjam

Routing TCP/IP, Volume 1 (2nd Edition): Jeff Doyle, Jennifer Carroll: 0001587052024: Amazon.com: Books

Asif Dasl

On my book wish list is the Exam Ref for 70-688, 70-411, 70-412, 70-414, 70-415 & 70-416 all of which should have surfaced by March of this year and most of which will be 9 to 12 months late after they were first scheduled for release - now it's January to March of next year!! I seriously don't know what's going on over at Microsoft these days...

droz

The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System (2nd Edition): Marshall Kirk McKusick, George Neville-Neil, Robert N.M. Watson: 9780321968975: Amazon.com: Books

I am excited for the new edition, I have it on preorder now, it should be out by August.

Deathmage

These are my current reads:

Amazon.com: CCNA Routing and Switching Deluxe Study Guide: Exams 100-101, 200-101, and 200-120 (9781118789704): Todd Lammle, William Tedder: Books

might read this if I find I need some refresher or another source for exam:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/078975150X/ref=oh_details_o05_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Books to read soon:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1118661141/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

http://www.amazon.com/Storage-Networks-Dummies-Christopher-Poelker/dp/0470385138/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1398293174&sr=1-1&keywords=storage+area+network

http://www.amazon.com/VMware-vSphere-Administration-Instant-Reference-ebook/dp/B006CRHPKI/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1398293203&sr=1-2&keywords=vmware+vsphere+5

How to Lie, **** and Steal Your Way to The Top: The Lazy Executive's Guide: Frank Adoranti: 9781841126890: Amazon.com: Books

fredrikjj

Currently:
Routing TCP/IP Volume 1

Next:
Routing TCP/IP Volume 2
BGP Design And Implementation