Syngress Publishing Publishes 'Hack Proofing Your Network'; Ryan Russell and Contributing Hackers to Unveil Hacking Book at Defcon 2000.

Business/Technology Editors

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 27, 2000

Syngress Publishing, Inc., today announced the publication of "Hack Proofing Your Network: Internet Tradecraft" by Ryan Russell and with contributing grey-hat hackers such as "Mudge," "Rain Forest Puppy," "Caezar," "Effugas," and "Blue Boar." The premise of the book is "The only way to stop a hacker is to think like one." It provides a tour of information security from the hacker's perspective and offers practical advice for fending off local and remote network attacks. The book is divided into four parts on theory and ideals, local attacks, remote attacks, and reporting.

Amy Pedersen, Publisher, Syngress Publishing, said, "While most of us do not know about the techniques of hackers, such as 'blind spoofing,' 'smashing the stack,' and 'buffer overflow,' we do know that hacking and virus attacks are on the increase and that we need to protect ourselves from them. Ryan Russell and this team of hackers and security experts explain the theory of hacking and show how to protect servers from attack."

Chapter topics include: Classes of Attack, Methodology, Diffing, Cryptography, Unexpected Input, Buffer Overflow, Sniffing, Session Hijacking, Spoofing, Server Holes, Client Holes, Viruses and Trojan Horses, and Reporting Security Problems. The book includes a foreword by Mudge, the security advisor to the White House and Congress, and former CEO and Chief Scientist of the renowned hacker think-tank the L0pht. He is considered the nation's leading grey-hat hacker.

"We are extremely excited about Ryan's book, said Art Wong, CEO of SecurityFocus.com, "Ryan has continually focused on educating our users and 'Hack Proofing Your Network' is another innovative way to help them achieve their goals and protect their assets."

Author Information

Ryan Russell is MIS Manager at SecurityFocus.com. He has served as an expert witness on security topics and has performed internal security investigation for a major software vendor. Ryan has contributed to three Syngress books on networking topics.

Stace Cunningham, technical editor, is a security consultant and holds MCSE, CCNA, CMISS, CLSE, COS/2E, CLSI, and CLSA certifications. He has helped many clients, including a casino, implement network security plans.

Contributing writers include: Rain Forest Puppy; Elias Levy, Bugtraq moderator; Blue Boar, Vuln-dev moderator; Dan "Effugas" Kaminsky, Cisco Systems; Oliver Friedrichs, SecurityFocus.com; Riley "Caezar" Eller, Internet Security Advisors; Greg Hoglund, Click To Secure, Jeremy Rauch, and Georgi Guninski.

Background Information

Syngress Publishing (www.syngress.com), headquartered in Rockland, Massachusetts, is an independent publisher of print and electronic reference materials for Information Technology professionals seeking skill enhancement and career advancement. Distributed throughout Europe, Asia, and the U.S. and Canada, Syngress titles have been translated into six languages and have sold more than a million and a half copies in the last two years. The Company's pioneering customer support program, [e-mail], extends the value of every Syngress title with regular information updates and customer-driven author forums. Syngress Publishing has also established strategic alliances with Global Knowledge, one of the world's largest information technology education companies, and Callisma, the premier network services provider of Cisco convergence technology. For more information on Syngress products, contact Amy Pedersen at 781-681-5151 or email [e-mail]