Silence On The Wire: A Field Guide To Passive Reconnaissance And Indirect Attacks by computer security and programming expert Michal Zalewski focuses upon fundamentals of computing so that even nonspecialist general readers can understand network design and their own computing activities, becoming able to address computer security issues. Silence On The Wire follows the path of a piece of information from the moment the user`s hand touches the computer keyboard to the instant when it is received by a remote party on the other end of the wire. Zalewski notes that security concerns don`t simply stem from a set of isolated faults that can be worked around, but represent issues associated with every process and system, and therefore they need to be understood and studied within that broader and more comprehensive context. Informed and informative, thoughtful and thoughtprovoking, Silence On The Wire should be considered mandatory reading for all security professionals, and is enthusiastically recommended to the attention of technophiles with an interest in computer security for themselves and their associates.
