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Activex Controls to Go (Prentice Hall Ptr Activex Series) - ActiveX
Good intro on how to use Active X controls in you web pages The book doesn't teach you how to write Active X controls, but it does teach you how to use them and where to find existing controls on the web. Also ...
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Malicious code is a set of instructions that runs on your computer and makes your system do something that you do not want it to do. For example, it can delete sensitive configuration files from your hard drive, rendering your computer completely inoperable; infect your computer and use it as a jumping-off point to spread to all of your buddies' computers; and steal files from your machine. Malicious code in the hands of a crafty attacker is indeed powerful. It's becoming even more of a problem because many of the very same factors fueling the evolution of the computer industry are making our systems even more vulnerable to malicious code. Specifically, malicious code writers benefit from the trends toward mixing static data and executable instructions, increasingly homogenous computing environments, unprecedented connectivity, an ever-larger clueless user base, and an unfriendly world. Skoudis addressed malicious code in just one chapter of his previous book. Here, a dozen chapters focus on one of the most interesting and rapidly developing areas of computer attacks.*Chapter 11, "Defender's Toolbox," rolls together the defensive strategies described in the book. As a bonus, Skoudis gives recipes for creating your own malicious code analysis laboratory using cheap hardware and software.
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still seems up-to-date although 3 years old.
Great book explaining all the different types of malware out there. Skoudis helps to understand the technical details of each malware type without going into too much detail. The links provided, altough a few years old, are all still relevant.
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Good book and worth a read
This is a good book. Ed has become a master in this filed and he put tons of good stuff in the book.
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Many "big names" in infosec give this a 5 and they're right!
I am fortunate to have an autographed copy from when Mr. Skoudis taught a SANS class I attended; and have had to take a lot of time getting it read in the meantime. This is the book that I would recommend to anyone that would learn the workings of worm, virus, trojan horse and other malware - not how to write them, but how to understand and deal with them. The information on setting up a lab to examine these critters is a good start for those wanting to understand attacks - but like other reviewers have said, this book is not for one without a grounding in computer security.
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Excellent treatment of the subject matter...
One of the most comprehensive books I've seen lately on malware is the title Malware: Fighting Malicious Code by Ed Skoudis with Lenny Zeltser (Prentice Hall).
In each of these chapters, the authors give a brief history of that malware type, an in-depth explanation as to how they work, and complete coverage on how you can help prevent getting damaged by it. Each chapter wraps up with a conclusion, a summary, and the list of references for the chapter. For readers looking to find detailed information, they won't be disappointed. For readers looking at receiving their first exposure to the material, the writing style is easy to follow and doesn't overwhelm.
I personally enjoyed the chapters on Malware Analysis and Scenarios. The Analysis chapter gives you an excellent outline for setting up a malware analysis lab. You'll learn how to set up the hardware, protect yourself against leakage to other networks, and what software is needed to do your analysis. Following this outline, you'll be well-prepared to track down bugs like a pro. The Scenario chapter is also excellent. The authors set up three malware scenarios with actual people and configurations, and show how certain choices and mistakes can lead to disaster. There's lots of good learning material here.
Great book, excellent material, and a definite must for your security bookshelf.
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Best available
This book provides the best review of malicious software that is presently available. If you need a comprehensive reference then this is the book for you. The author is a well-known and respected security analyst and this book provides solid information at a level suitable for the system administrator. Unlike so many books of this type, it is not a camouflaged endorsement of some vendor's products or a simplistic and alarmist text.
Topics covered include: - viruses, with a brief history and description of the various types and their mechanisms; - worms, again with a brief history and description of the various types and their mechanisms; - mobile code, including browser scripts, ActiveX controls, Java applets and mobile code as it occurs in email clients and distributed applications. Given the increasing amount of mobile code, this is particularly valuable; - backdoors, particularly Netcat and VNC but covering some others as well; - trojans inlcuding wrappers, source poisoning and browser co-option; - rootkits for Unix andWindows; - kernel-mode rotkits for linux and Windows; - possible modes, including BIOS and microcode attacks.
"Encyclopediac" is the only description I can give, but be warned that it's not for the general reader, or for newbies.
I just picked this one up because I was looking to juice up a website I've been working on. The first couple of hours I spent with it were golden. I learned a lot of what I was interested in knowing quite quickly. One thing that struck me, however, was how dated it was - the author likes to reference real world websites but every real world example that I looked up online had been completely redesigned since this book was published in 2000. The book also spends a somewhat annoying amount of time discussing differences between browsers like Netscape 2.0 and IE 4.0... Netscape is currently at version 7.0, IE is at 6.0. Dealing with the different browsers and the way they render java was much more of an issue three years ago (although it definitely still is an issue b/c pesky microsoft likes monopolize everything did its best to turn java into something that could only be compatible with IE). Point being his discussion of this issue is dated. Anyway, the book is well written and the author is not a tech head looking to show off how complex his field is. The book puts things forward practically (as the subtitle suggests it should) and the result is if you are a java novice and you want to add java functionality to your website, this book provides the answers in a way that is aimed more at the bottom line of getting that functionality into your website and less at providing you with a big picture understanding of java. To summarize, this book, aside from being somewhat dated, is a very well organized guidebook for someone who wants a working understanding of the elements of java that suit their basic purposes. It is not for someone looking to become a real java maven.
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awesome book!
This is a great book for anyone beginning, halfway through, or an expert on JavaScript. Thau explains everything simply and gives good tips as well. Just a warning however. One of the files in the "1st page" editor (ON THE INCLUDED CD-ROM)shows up as a worm on an anti-virus scanner. Something called "Seven Buttons from Hell"or something to that effect. Other than that, fantastic book!
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Solid material, if somewhat dated...
Target Audience Beginning JavaScript coders.
Contents This is a conversational tutorial on JavaScript coding designed for people who have not used the language much (or at all).
The book is divided into the following chapters:
Welcome To JavaScript!; Using Variables and Built-in Functions to Update Your Web Pages Automatically; Give The Browsers What They Want; Rollovers: Everyone's Favorite JavaScript Trick; Opening and Manipulating Windows; Getting Functional: Writing Your Own JavaScript Functions; Giving and Taking Information With Forms; Keeping Track of Information with Arrays and Loops; Timing Events; Frames and Image Maps; Validating Forms, Massaging Strings, and Working with CGI; Cookies; Dynamic HTML; How to Fix Broken Code; Beyond the Browser: Plug-ins, ActiveX, Making Music, and Java; Reference to JavaScript Objects and Functions; Answers to Assignments
Review There are numerous books on the market that deal with learning JavaScript. There is everything from simplistic guides to the person building their first web page, to in-depth guide for the professional web developers, to detailed reference guides that document every feature. On that scale of coverage, this book falls somewhere on the lower end of the scale. That's not a bad thing... It's just good to know what the target audience is.
The tone of the author's writing is conversational and a little quirky. He uses a number of examples in each chapter to illustrate the subject matter, and they illustrate the points well. Each example is dissected so that the reader can follow along and understand what each line is doing. By the time you are finished, you should have a solid understanding of the basics of JavaScript. At that point, you should be ready to pick up a more detailed book and start learning the intricacies of the language.
The only bad thing about the book at this point in time is the age of the book. He assumes that the reader is working with either Netscape 3.0 or Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0. On one hand, most of the stuff you see here should be supported now in any browser. On the other hand, there's something to be said for learning the latest information on more up-to-date platforms. The age also shows up when you examine some of their web site samples. Obviously, the sites have been updated since the book was written, so you can't very well follow along any more.
Conclusion A solid, if somewhat dated, tutorial treatment of basic JavaScript coding. Easy to read, and very good explanations of code examples.
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Poor quality
This book is of such poor quality that beginners are better off skipping it altogether, to avoid even getting familiar with outdated and harmful practices. Only looking at a section on form validation, one could find a dozen of mistakes. Figure 11-2, being only 60 lines, is a mix of bad markup and poor code.
1) No doctype 2) Ancient, unnecessary html comments in scripts 3) Non-standard form access 4) Inefficient property access in a loop (`loop < window.document.the_form.gender.length`) 5) `if (<...>.checked == true)` 6) rad_select = "no"/"yes", not boolean, name not descriptive 7) unnecessary global variable in onSubmit, attribute name is of mixed case 8) html is not valid (form contains inline elements) 9) No corresponding labels or titles on form controls, inaccessible 10) Mix of camelcase and underscores
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awesome book!
This is a great book for anyone beginning, halfway through, or an expert on JavaScript. Thau explains everything simply and gives good tips as well. Just a warning however. One of the files in the "1st page" editor (ON THE INCLUDED CD-ROM) shows up as a worm on an anti-virus scanner. Something called "Seven Buttons from Hell"or something to that effect. Other than that, fantastic book!
Can't say enough about this book. Really outstanding in explaining the how-to of Javascript, especially for the beginner. Truly an outstanding book! Thnak you.
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Book confuses the issues and doesn't get to the syntax
Instead of defining all the attributes of say "Request.QueryString" into differenct contexts like Javascript and HTML , he muddles around with probably the lamest web application environment around.
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Great book for beginners
This is a great book for beginners. The author explained everything in detail on how everything works together. You do not need any book else for the same topic to get you started and to get your work done.
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information in this book is very very VERY old!
this book is a total waste of money. The things you learn are made for very old browsers. So if you want a book to learn js don't get this one, you would learn things as they where done 10 years ago.
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Full client side javascript tutorial
This is a perfect book for those who is looking for skills of creating dynamic web pages, though it is a bit outdated now in part of intensive discussion on how to create cross-platform pages for older versions of IE and Netscape. The original drawback of the book is a lack of information on how to handle situations when you don't use IIS as a web server and your database is other than MS Office Access. It's understood a single book can not cover every single OS flavor and all the variety of Web Servers and databases but limiting a discussion of server side scripting to ASP only is sort of a weak approach. The same is true for programming examples with MS Access only. However, besides that it is a really good book and is strongly suggested as a comprehensive guide for client side javascripting.
Question : How to combine these two JavaScript codes so a page refreshes when the back button is clicked
I have these two JavaScript codes:Refresh this pageThis one refreshes a page when clicked< Go BackAnd this one takes the clicker back to the page they were last viewingI was wondering if both these pieces of code could be combined so that when the back link is clicked the previous page would come back but refreshed.
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I would try something like this (but I can't swear by it. My JavaScript is very rusty.)< Go BackGood luck.
Question : Javascript Codes for Adding a Calendar Event
Evening, I would like to ask where I may be able to find websites that have basic javascript codes on how to add a calendar event Like adding an event, deleting or editing an existing event Just those. Thank you in advanceOh yes, I'm using a DOJO calendar. If that would help more.
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When talking about programs, the word 'code' is never used in plural. (Note the second word of Colanth's answer...)
