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This book will cover everything you need to know, and while that sounds great it's not for beginners or people looking to start quickly.
I recommend seeking introductory knowledge elsewhere, C, OSI, TCP/IP, operating systems etc. Penetration Testing a Hands on Guide by Georgia Weidmam is a good way to get started with just getting hands on practice.
Once I went back and got a grip on these concepts and had some practice the book was easier to understand and I came to appreciate it much more.
Its not an easy read, and you need to have some solid understanding of the machine as a whole. After I played with buffer overflows in a VM I went back and appreciated chapter 0x200s coverage of registers and what they do.
Buy this book only if you have a solid understanding of the computer as a whole, or will develop it alongside.
The book will not get you started. It will definitely help you develop the understanding of why a buffer overflow script written in Python works, and how. If you want to get up and running quickly look elsewhere. But that doesn't mean it's a bad text, it's well done, insightful, and will help you understand the why of exploiting software.
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Contents This is the second edition of a well known book about hacking and contains a lot about hacking. Jon Erickson has expanded the book from the first edition doubling the number of pages to 450 pages and a Linux based Live-CD is also included. I don't own the first edition, since I had to choose between Hacking by Jon Erickson and The Shellcoders Handbook (first edition, it is also in 2nd ed. now). I choose the Shellcoders handbook, which I have considered my bible for buffer overflows and hacking. Now that I have read Jon Ericksons book about hacking I have two bibles, both excellent and well written, both covering some of the same stuff - but in very different ways. This book details the steps done to perform buffer overflows on Linux on the x86 architecture. So detailed that any computer science student can do it, and they should. Every computer science student or aspiring programmer should be forced to read this book along with another book called 19 deadly sins of software programming. That alone would improve internet security and program reliability in the future. Why you may ask, because this book teaches hacking, and how you can get started hacking. Not hacking as doing criminal computer break ins, but thinking like an old-school hacker - doing clever stuff, seeing the things others don't. This book contains the missing link back to the old days, where hackers were not necessarily bad guys. Unfortunately today the term hacker IS dead in the public eye, it HAS been maimed, mutilated and the war about changing it back to the old meaning is over. (Actually this war was fought in the 1990's but some youngsters new to hacking still think it can be won, don't waste your time.) The word hacking can still be used in both ways, just make sure the receiver knows what you are talking about :-) This book teaches hacking in the old sense of the word and contains the explanation that most others books don't - and at the same time it introduces all the basic skills for performing various types of overflow attacks. Then the book also digress into some wireless security and even WEP cracking, but this part is pretty slim, not bad, just only a few pages. This is OK, since I think of this more as an example of extending the hacking into new areas and hopefully inspires more people to look into wireless security. The best part about this book is that it is not just a book with a random Live-CD. It is an inspiration and your fingers will itch to get started trying the examples explained and experiment with the programs. This alone is the single feature that makes this book worth it, you will do the exercises and learn from them. Learn a lot. To sum it up this books contains clever tricks and easy to follow exercises, so you can learn to apply them. Target audience This book is for anyone interested in hacking and developing exploits. While the primary target audience is newcomers to this field I benefitted from the thorough walkthrough of the basics once again. This book kept reminding me about things I have forgotten and also some new things and tricks I hadn't thought of myself. Conclusion If you are a beginning hacker and want to get started, but was confused by various text files found on the internet, this is the book to buy. If you want to learn how to do basic stuff and get started thinking like a hacker, this is the book to buy. If you are a software programmer that has started to think about software security, this is the book to buy. This book goes from beginning hacker to inspired intermediate hacker and explains everything in depth and is well planned and you will be able to extract an awful lot of information about the way programs really work after reading this book. If you read this book from cover to cover you will be able to follow most other references about hacking, books, papers, zines etc. Installer jeux virtual console wad. from the internet. So this book is recommended for anyone interested in hacking and could be a nice start to having your own library about hacking. Reading this book first will also help you understand other books about hacking better and get more information from them by thinking in the right way. Then later you could expand this library with books like, Steven Levy Hackers, Steven Levy Crypto, Shellcoders Handbook, Clifford Stoll Cuckoos Egg and other references. I am not missing much from this book, but a short explanation how you could run this CD along with your usual operating system, using something like VMware Player would have been nice. Links: The home page for this book is: [..]
Hacking: The Art of Exploitation Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, 2nd Edition International Best-Seller! The fundamental techniques of Serious hacking Rather than merely showing how to run existin. Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, 2nd Edition and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at AbeBooks.com. Hacking: The Art of Exploitation (ISBN 1-59327-007-0) is a book by Jon 'Smibbs' Erickson about computer security and network security. [1] [2] It was published by No Starch Press in 2003, with a second edition in 2008. To share the art and science of hacking in a way that is accessible to everyone, Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, 2nd Edition introduces the fundamentals of C programming from a hacker's perspective. To share the art and science of hacking in a way that is accessible to everyone, Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, 2nd Edition introduces the fundamentals of C programming from a hacker's perspective.
This is the last in a recent collection of reviews on 'hacking' books. Jon Erickson's Hacking, 2nd Ed (H2E) is one of the most remarkable books in the group I just read. H2E is in some senses amazing because the author takes the reader on a journey through programming, exploitation, shellcode, and so forth, yet helps the reader climb each mountain. While the material is sufficiently technical to scare some readers away, those that remain will definitely learn more about the craft. H2E accomplishes a very difficult task. The book strives to take readers with little to no real 'hacking' knowledge to a level where they can at least understand, if not perform, fairly complicated digital security tasks. Other books aren't as successful, e.g., 'Gray Hat Hacking,' which features material on C, assembly, Python, etc. into one short chapter. In contrast, H2E, in my opinion, does a credible job leading the reader from pseudo-code to C and assembly. Now, I would not recommend this book as a reader's sole introduction to programming, let alone C or assembly. Please see my older reviews for recommendations on books devoted to those topics. Still, H2E credibly integrates programming into the hacker narrative in a compelling and educational manner. The author also has a great eye for consistency and style. I welcomed reading his examples using gdb, where he presented code, explained it, stepped through execution, showed memory, transitioned from displaying source, then assembly, and so on. This was a compelling teaching method that technical authors should try to emulate. Overall I really liked H2E, hence the 5 star review. My only main gripe was the author seems to believe that it's in society's benefit for black hats to test and exploit defenses. His claims on p4 and p 319 that hackers improve security reminds me of the broken window fallacy, meaning it's economically beneficial to break windows so a repairman has a job. In reality, the security world is more a redirection of resources away from more beneficial innovation, not a way to build 'good security jobs.' Furthermore, all of the supposed advances spurred by reacting to intruder activity do not result in increased security in the enterprise. At this point so much legacy software and equipment is deployed that intruders can always find a way to accomplish their mission, thanks often to the discoveries of so-called hackers. At the end of the day one has to accept the reality that intruders will always try to breach defenses, so it behooves defenders to understand attackers for the benefit of defense.
The easiest way to sum up this book is simply 'wow.' Erickson discusses the fundamentals of exploits (hacks) on local machines and remote machines, and also hits on a bit of cryptology. The meat of book is sandwiched by something of an inner dialogue and history of hacking, which alone are worth the cost of the book. This book is not for the layman or the faint of heart- you have to know how to write code, and you have to at least know how to read Intel x86 assembly, if not write it. It also doesn't hurt to know how programs are actually executed- beyond just double-clicking an icon- I'm talking about stacks and heaps and everything else. The second chapter is possibly the most elegant summary of programming and the C language I have ever seen, ever, but nothing beats a few years 'in the trenches.' So once you've refreshed your basics of programming, Erickson gets right into it, discussing buffer overflows. He builds up from the most simple concepts into more and more complicated tools- which seems to be exactly how we have arrived at modern exploits; the hackers and the anti-hackers have been co-evolving over the years. Next comes hacking remote machines, including how to cover your tracks- which I found to be some of the most devious ideas presented. If you take your time, and run some of the exploits yourself on the included CD, you will come away with an incredible knowledge of how many exploits work from their most fundamental level. If you're anything like me, you will enjoy the 'hunt' of trying to counter the exploit before Erickson explains the solution. Also, if you're anything like me, you will walk away from the book shaking your head at the rut called ASCII that we've worked ourselves into. <rant> I think this is another one of those books that needs to be on a mandatory reading list for all CS bachelors degree. It seems to me that most of the exploits wouldn't be a problem if programmers were a bit more diligent in their coding. strcpy() is your enemy, strncpy() is your friend. Always always ALWAYS be 100% suspicious of any input supplied from a user- check for illegal characters. Instead of if(functionThatReturnsTrue), try if(functionThatReturnsTrue True). The list goes on and on. Computers do only what they are told, and if you leave a hole in your program that allows someone else to tell the computer what to do to save yourself the second or two it takes to hit a few more keys, well then you deserve to be hacked and summarily lose your job. Due diligence: do it- maybe then the real engineering disciplines won't be so mad when code monkeys call themselves engineers. </rant> From what I can gather, the first edition was too terse. I think the second edition was a bit long-winded at times. And there's no discussion of hacking a Windows machine. However, this is still by far the best general hacking book out there.
Jon Erickson's _Hacking_ is undoubtedly an interesting book, and one that perhaps appeals only to a small subsection of the hacker culture, those who want to learn techniques for exploitation at the conceptual level, aided by plenty of dense examples of code to illustrate those concepts. Erickson's background is in computer science, and he is a corporate lecturer on the subjects of cryptology and network security. With these bona fides, you might expect Erickson to treat the topic professionally and scientifically--and you would be right. Erickson's book is full of interesting and highly useful bits of information on cryptology, ciphers, information theory, and so on, but readers should prepare themselves for a somewhat pedantic, textbook-like style of writing. Having made such preparations, the book does open up for the reader who is looking to learn or brush up on some programming fundamentals. The majority of _Hacking_ is very technical and deals with programming techniques. The author warns us as much in his Preface, saying that general programming knowledge is necessary in order to make your way through the book. Additionally, those looking for examples of different code flavors will find that Erickson works exclusively with the Gentoo Linux distro, the idea being that the examples are illustrative of techniques and strategies, especially if you are used to a different programming language. Otherwise, you might consider this book a useful primer on Linux, offering practical examples of various exploits, encryption/decryption, and so on. The bulk of the book is divided into three sections: 'Programming' (writing shellcode, dissemblers, and generalized exploiting techniques), 'Networking' (Network sniffing and hijacking, DOS attacks, and port scanning), and 'Cryptology' (developing algorithms, password cracking techniques, and WEP attacks). Each of these sections is replete with many detailed examples of code (sometimes pages long) for your referencing pleasures. Personally, I'm more drawn to the socio-political content found in the entirely-too-short Introduction, Conclusion, and Reference sections, which despite their underdeveloped feel, offer readers Erickson's thoughtful perspective on hacking (discovering and exploring system vulnerabilities is a valuable practice when done for noble ends, or in his own words, 'Information itself isn't a crime'), a brief look into the history and ethics of early hacker culture (a learn-but-do-no-harm ethic borne of the 1950s MIT model railroad crowd, the distinction between hackers and crackers, and his thoughts on the importance of pursuing creative problem-solving strategies within closed logical structures), and a number of links to potentially useful web tools (hexadecimal editors and fuzzy fingerprint generators, for instance). On the whole, I found myself wishing that these sections had been developed further, as they might help broaden the potential readership for this book. As a bookshelf resource, I can see this book being an invaluable contribution to the library of the hacker whose interests in the subject are shaped by theoretical or academic ways of thinking. Otherwise, it's not exactly a page-turner, and I don't expect social engineers, tinkerers, and certainly not skript kiddies to be the audience for this book. Nevertheless, it is important in that it marks a serious contribution to the art, science, and philosophy undergirding hacker culture. For good or for ill, it marks an attempt to formalize or legitimize a body of knowledge that has historically relied upon and even relished its underground status.
I found the book a pleasure to read. The book explains the fundamental concepts of hacking very well. The treatment of exploits like buffer overflow, format string vulnurabilty is very good. The chapters on networking, shellcode are also very good. All throughout the book every concept is explained by extensive source codes (with clear accompanying commentary). All in all this is a great book to start learning the concepts of hacking and security.
Excellent Introduction and Handbook for this subject
By Aspi Havewalaon Feb 29, 2008
Its important to understand what this book tries to cover. Erikson covers specific hacking techniques. He stays close to Linux and C to illustrate the techniques and he exploits a lot of open source software. The goal is to familiarize the reader with the different types of exploits. In Chapter 6, the author explains: 'The state of computer security is a constantly changing landscape..if you understand the concepts of the core hacking techniques explained in this book, you can apply them in new and inventive ways to solve the problem du jour. Like LEGO bricks, these techniques can be used in millions nof different combinations and configurations. As with art, the more you practice these techniques, the better you'll understand them.' Clearly, Erickson is passionate about the subject matter he covers in his book. Any ability to exploit vulnerabilities requires a thorough understanding of the underlying subject. Here Erikson's book offers a number of quick primers on topics such as C programming and network protocols. These introductions are valuable because they introduce the subject and give you deep dives into specifics. They give you some sense of how hacking can lead to a greater understanding of the system under exploit. For example in Chapter 4, Erikson goes from introducing us to the OSI model to socket programming in four pages. But because of a very engaging writing style, it doesn't feel like a hurried course. After the introduction in which he covers C programming language basics, Erikson introduces us to exploitation via a buffer overflow example. He covers network hacking techniques such as denial of service, TCP/IP hijacking and port scanning. He delves into the more involved topic of spawning shell code to gain control of a system. And in a very entertaining Chapter 6, he shows you how to bypass security measures that detect and track hackers. In the final chapter, he covers hacking techniques for cryptography.
This book is very ambitious and succeeds in most aspects. The author's a little ambitious about trying to take the reader from zero experience with programming to understanding assembly language within 100 pages, so if you're starting from scratch I'd recommend combining this book with perhaps Dunetmann's introduction to assembly on the x86: the two books actually complement each other very nicely. Once you've survived the first 150 pages you'll have an excellent grounding in the mechanics underlying architecture attacks such as buffer overflow. Some folks have questioned the book's applicability given its reliance on Linux. I can't agree. I'm running on a non-linux system and the examples carry over perfectly. Instances where they don't only add to the instructiveness since you are forced to think about what's really going on and adapt the author's approach accordingly. For example you're forced to analyze the different results of GDB on a 64-bit vice 32-bit architecture, having to deal with differences in how the stack is organized, etc etc. And if you really want to follow along with the author step by step you can easily mount the iso in a VM and run the software that way.:)
The biggest problem I had with this book is that the Live-Cd had some sort of defect. Regardless of what I choose in Grub, it always came back with the same error. Starch Press' response was to download and reburn the cd, but that didn't change anything. I was able to do some of the examples in Ubuntu, which I already had, but b/c of particulars in gcc and the environment in general, I wasn't able to get many of the examples to work. The book itself is good, although requires that you sit down and work through the problems in order to understand them.
This is an excellent book about hacking. Includes a very well written introduction to the C programming language. The book contains very useful chapters on Networking and on Cryptology with lots of hand-on examples. I highly recommend it if you want to learn hacking techniques presented in a systematic way. Buy this book.
Hacking, 2nd edition features an extensive overview of C and x86 Assembly, Linux, and slowly steps through major functions of GDB. It's a bad idea to read this book without a Linux distro at hand, but thankfully one is included. I'd buy this again in a heartbeat.
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The book opens with 'The goal of this book is to share the art of hacking with everyone.' That sums up exactly what the book does. For those that are interested in learning more about the exploitation side of security, this book is THE primer. Hacking goes into the mindset of the hacker when it comes to exploitation. It starts out with the terms and concepts that are required to understand all of the in depth technical parts that come next. The book ships with a LiveCD with all of the code on it, which makes it easy to follow along with each section. The sections start out with Unix basics and move forward. Most of the programs are short and easy to follow, although there are a few 400+ line programs thrown in, which for me were harder to follow. You don't need to KNOW assembly in order to follow through with this book, however, you must have a strong enough background in computers to look up what the assembly means and be able to follow through. The only exception may be the Shellcode chapter, where the whole point is dealing with assembly tricks to remove NULL bytes in appliactions. Each section has strong examples and explanations, and the stack overflows, heap overflows, and format string exploits are well covered. The stack and heap overflows had awesome examples and were clear and concise. The format string section was really good, although I did reference The Shellcoder's Handbook to solidify my understanding. The book even has material on network exploitation. Before the exploitation is presented, the author goes into how the network works, how to sniff network traffic, and then finally goes into network exploitation. The background is great if you need a refresher on networking before you get to the network based exploitation. Overall, great book. It is one of my two favorites for dealing with exploitation, and it is a must have on your bookshelf if you need to deal with exploits as a sys admin, pen tester, or vulnerability researcher or hobbyist.
This book is for the security pro or would be hacker who want's to begin to see how deep the rabbit hole really does go. There is no other book like it on the market, and I've read most of them. Jon Erickson's code included in the book all works well as designed on Linux. The author also suggests some good free Linux tools for use with the code examples including most notably a hex editor, basic dissassembler, and packet injector. The techniques in the book are best described by a caption on its back cover, 'The fundamental techniques of serious hacking.' It includes major sections on programming, networking, and cryptography. All material is covered with an eye towards exploitation. Languages used in the book material consist of C, PERL, and Assembly for X86. The techniques described in this book are fundamental to any hacker or security professional who takes their work seriously. The book is well worth the discounted amazon.com price. The material in this book is all original and cannot be found elsewhere. Each example in the programming section is truly an eye opener if you are new to code hacking. The examples in the networking and cryptography sections are relevant and fresh as well.
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You have probably heard of such hacking techniques as buffer overflows. Typically, a book might give only cursory explanation, especially if it is not devoted to hacking. But suppose you write in C. Chances are you've inadvertantly created buffer overflows and then spent hours chasing this down, after your program crashed. So how on earth can a deliberate overflow lead to a breakin? It is for such matters that Erickson expounds here. Written for you, whether you want to create such exploits or prevent them. In either case, the knowledge is the same. What the book requires is some knowledge of C and assembly. For the latter, it is the language of the Intel x86 family. But even if you don't know it, so long as you are familiar with any assembly language and the theory of a Neumann machine, then you can follow the text. This book is not for every programmer. It turns out that a fair number of programmers get into the field by learning a high level language like C, Fortran, Java or Pascal. But they never learn any assembly. To them, anything compiled from source is a black box. Instead, you need some background in assembly. The book also gives neat coverage of how to sniff network traffic and manipulate it. There is a section on cryptography. But for this, it is so specialised and vital that you should consult texts dedicated to it.
After reading more than 12 different books on this subject, finally I came across this, the best book ever on security. This is the kind of book that gives you what it promises on the cover. I was quiet impressed with the contents and style of writing. I must add that I have learned a lot from this book, enough to help me in protecting my network and any unauthorized attempt to access my information. This is not for entertainment, like the others which I found in this genre (read Ankit Fadia and you will know what I mean here), this is some serious work by done by an author who knows what he his telling to the readers, and what they will understand. However, somewhere in between it get too technical, and one actually has to sit in front a computer to try and see what the author is trying to tell, but I liked it for being so real and accurate about computer security. The author has done his homework well before writing it. I found almost all the information correct and original. Wonder why some people have given negative reviews for this book? Because, one has to be a technical qualified in computer security to fully understand what author is telling you. It's like me writing a review for a cooking recipe book. Also, I will like to add that buy it for securing your network, but don't expect it to teach you some serious hacking. For that you have to put lots of real efforts than just buying a book and reading it, though this book can always be a firm stepping stone!
This book is 10 times greater than any other hacking book. It gives useful code and examples rather than 250 pages of theory. Stack and heap overflows are explained in detail as well as many other modern types of exploits. The best part of the book is that it teaches the reader how to write his/her own shellcode and teaches some basic Assembly language along the way. Everything you need to know to be a hacker or stop hackers. Includes detailed explanations and code for: buffer / stack / heap based overflows format string vulnerabilities writing shellcode sniffing switched and unswitched networks tcp / ip hijacking denial of service port scanning and tricking port scans of your own computer password cracking Man in the middle attacks Wireless internet security / hacking and more
I found this to be a decent book but nothing over the top. The best chapter is the second, which deals with buffer overflows. The rest of the chapters are quiet basic intros to networking and crypto. If you are completely new to the security scene, this is a great book to start with.
This book is a step in the right direction, but it could be better. It seems to have a lot to say about certain topics, a little to say about others, and nothing to say about still other topics. The coverage of buffer overflows, format string exploits, and writing shellcode is excellent. But then when we get to the networking section, there are a couple of paragraphs devoted to some topics. There is no discussion of web vulnerabilities in the book. Nothing on SQL injection. Nothing on cross-site scripting. Furthermore, the Windows world is totally ignored; Linux is used exclusively in the book. Nevertheless, the book is worth it if only for its unsurpassed overflow/format string/shellcode explanations.
This book outlines the fundamentals of hacking, yes. But chapter 2 alone has cleared up so much for me, pointers especially. If you're learning C and feel as if you're stuck in a rut (bored); this book will get you out of that rut in a fun way. It will give you that AhHa! moment where everything starts getting intuitive.
This book is a great way to introduce yourself into software exploitation
By Evil_doctoron Jun 22, 2017
This book is a great way to introduce yourself into software exploitation. That being said, this is not necessarily a beginner book. I'd recommend having some programming experience and a basic understanding of computer architecture, binary, base 8 numbering, etc. The book moves pretty quick, but is written concisely and to the point. It is a little dated, and probably always will be due to the nature of how fast these technologies develop. That being said, it is still a fantastic book, and I will most likely order subsequent editions as they come out.
Pretty heavy reading, but I enjoyed what I got through before I got bored. This is extremely technical: you're not going to read some pleasant narrative and become a master hacker here. This book assumes you're serious and wants to take you there, providing a CD to practice with and everything
This should be required reading before picking up metasploit or BackTrack 4 & 5 books. I thought he made the explanation of architecture a little harder than it needed to be.However, I thoroughly loved this book.This introduces you to the fundamentals of debugging, shell code , RE, overflows and the like. It will be a long time before this title is no longer relevant. **You do not have to be fluent in a high level language just familiar with programming to learn from this book. You should be familiar with the basics of C to really get the most out of it (You are going to be doing debugging with it after all).
This book starts with a well-written introduction to C programming concepts as the rest of the book focuses on the exploitation of such programs. The exploitation sections begin with basic overflow and format vulnerabilities and progresses to more advanced techniques involving writing shell code and circumventing basic protection methods implemented by operating systems. Although this book covers some moderately advanced material and I intend to re-read it once I get more experienced with x86 assembly, the author did a nice job of stepping through the concepts in a logical order to acquaint the reader with the necessary information to move forward. For the right kind of reader, this book does a great job of covering the types of vulnerabilities most program exploits are based on and provides plenty of examples to try yourself to see the concepts in action. I especially appreciated the sections on the networking exploits as it answered some questions I had always been interested in. As others have said, this book is not for casual readers, it teaches real program exploitation techniques and a familiarity with C and x86 assembly would be helpful although it does a good job of covering the basics of this material. I thoroughly recommend this book for those interested in learning more about how programs are exploited and what can be done with that knowledge.
After I read the first edition, I thought to myself that this was the best book on 'hacking' that I have ever read. Very practical, technical, useful information for anyone who wants to get started with computer security and learn how 'hackers' exploit computer software. This book was written very well, where each step of the exploitation process was explained and I could follow along and execute the code being discussed in each chapter. I bought the second edition which has even more material than the first and thought the same thing. Excellent book, must-read for anybody interested in this topic. In order to get the most out of this book, I would recommend that the reader be familiar with the *nix command line and some experience with C programming.
I'm not sure if I would recommend this book to beginners. When I first started reading it, everything made since and it was a smooth read. I should also note that I'm a Computer Science major at a university, with my strongest programming language being C++. In the beginning, the author uses the C programming language as a way of 'introducing' the concept of programming and some intro-logic, etc. What didn't sit right with me: He continued with his beginner introduction to C, and then started referencing assembly language and memory registers. Isn't that somewhat of an overstep when it comes to the speed of learning this kind of material? I know nothing about assembly, nor the specifics of memory. I only know how memory is manipulated and moved. It still threw me off a little bit. Other than that, it's a good read and fairly informative.
Jon Erickson has managed to create one of the most logically and thoroughly laid out books I've read. Although I have a background in Java, no programming experience is necessary. The writing is so dense and well-explained, you can learn from every line and not worry about anything introduced prematurely. Pure brilliance.
If you have a minor knowledge of programming and really want to know some basics about how someone might go about tricking their way into a computer, this book is excellent. The author explains and re-explains basic ideas in an extremely clear way, and gives tons of examples that clearly demonstrate his points. He even tosses in a disc which will boot up your computer in an Ubuntu OS off the CD drive so you can try out the code for yourself and follow along. I love it! The disc didn't work on Vista, but it worked on an older laptop i have running XP, just to warn you. (ya ya, I went into the bios and changed the boot sequence, it still didn't work, had a bunch of odd errors and then just kinda froze. Even on the XP laptop, its kinda a coin toss as to whether or not it will boot, and it sounds like it's testing the CD drive for all its worth, but when it works its really awesome). Anyway, despite that, I think this book is exactly what i was looking for - not too soft, just the right amount of code, and just the answers I was looking for as someone who really wants to know how hacking really works. 5 stars.
I haven't read too much so far, only about 30 pgs more or less, but I'm already learning how assembly language works. If you instal the CD it's better because you get to work with the book. You learn more. I recommend using a Virtual Machine and installing the CD there so you won't have to load the CD (look up installing OS from cd on vmware or virtualbox, or any other virtual machine). That thing is sloowwwwwww when using the cd. Its much faster with a vmachine. This book is cool because, for me (who doesn't know much about the software/hardware relationship in a computer) the assembly language instruction gives you a glimpse into how the computer works. So the book isn't just hacking. I recommend also doing extra research on the internet for things you don't get. You will understand alot more and go farther in this study.
I picked this book up a number of years ago when I got interested in understanding exploits. I've got experience writing code, and even some basic knowledge of networking. However it was difficult to get past the first 3 chapters. I stopped, and started elsewhere. This book will cover everything you need to know, and while that sounds great it's not for beginners or people looking to start quickly. I recommend seeking introductory knowledge elsewhere, C, OSI, TCP/IP, operating systems etc. Penetration Testing a Hands on Guide by Georgia Weidmam is a good way to get started with just getting hands on practice. Once I went back and got a grip on these concepts and had some practice the book was easier to understand and I came to appreciate it much more. Its not an easy read, and you need to have some solid understanding of the machine as a whole. After I played with buffer overflows in a VM I went back and appreciated chapter 0x200s coverage of registers and what they do. Buy this book only if you have a solid understanding of the computer as a whole, or will develop it alongside. The book will not get you started. It will definitely help you develop the understanding of why a buffer overflow script written in Python works, and how. If you want to get up and running quickly look elsewhere. But that doesn't mean it's a bad text, it's well done, insightful, and will help you understand the why of exploiting software.
With changes in the security landscape still a relevant book for its base knowledge
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By Jay P. Martinon Apr 28, 2017
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This book is best read from beginning to end, instead of jumping to chapters. The content is still relevant as base knowledge even though there has been changes to the security landscape since this book was written. Most notably changes to the GCC compiler and the VM based security in Windows 10. In addition to this book I recommend a good Linux command line book. Also the paper on Smashing the Stack and the most recent version of Smashing the Stack which covers the canneries which are in the most recent versions of GCC. This book is easily worth it for the knowledge of C and the knowledge of assembler used in shell code. You should supplement the assembler knowledge with Intel's paper on their 64 bit assembler extensions.
I'm taking the PWK course from offensive security, going for my OSCP amd this book might as well be listed as the text book for the class it is full of good stuff and written so that even those completely new to this can understand and follow along, goes far more in depth than the course does (more courses by them go this in depth however) it has examples and a live linux cd to practice with its great.
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Prerequisites: ::[+] Some programming experience in a C, C++, or Obj-C - or in a C based, garbage collected language (C#, Java) ::[+] You should be familiar with compilers and know how a compiler works ::[+] You should have a strong desire to learn, and you have to be ready to go slow with the book so that you can practice your programming as you go along. Actually using the code while you're reading is the only true way to understand it. Covers: A good lesson in C, ASCII - x86 Assembly - Base10, Base8, Base16, Base2 [Decimal, Octal, Hexadecimal, Binary]- and how to convert between them, Networking, Sockets, many many many different Wireless attacks, buffer overflows, printf exploits, assembly language with intel syntax, packet sniffing, TCP flags (ack, urg, psh, rst, syn, fin), ARP Cache poisoning, how to build a simple web server, GDB debugging, what an HTTP GET request looks like and what telnet can be used for, memory management, how to write all sorts of shellcode(shell spawn, uid=0[root],port bind,duplicate file descriptors, connect back, ) , counter measures, the stack vs the heap[dynamic memory], what a return pointer is and why you might want to overwrite it, stack pointer, registers [EAX], public key infrastructure, RSA, OSI model, TCP/IP Packet analysis, big O notation, how to analyze an algorithm, denial of service, exploit writing, and all sorts of cool hacker stuffz, sez everywun! Cons: ~::[-] Some of the functions used in this book have since been deprecated. They are still featured, but should not be used in new code. Some of these functions are: --+> inet_aton(), inet_ntoa() {should be replaced with inet_pton(), inet_atop()} --+> gethostbyname(), and another one I can't think of right now. {replace with getaddrinfo()} --+> Possibly other functions, I can't remember. ~::[-] The CD is made for a 32bit processor, not a 64 bit processor - it won't work on a 64bit CPU. Seriously, every hacker should have this text. Everybody should read this book. It is a damn masterpiece. If you've not yet read it, I'm serious that you can learn from it. It will be very hard for noobies to understand this in one read. Seasoned programmers may even struggle a little bit, but most of them should be able to handle this with breeze.