Open Source Books
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The Basics of Hacking and Penetration Testing: Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing Made Easy
Published 9 years ago
by Patrick Engebretson, Syngress
The Basics of Hacking and Penetration Testing serves as an introduction to the steps required to complete a penetration test or perform an ethical hack. You learn how to properly utilize and interpret the results of modern day hacking tools; which are required to complete a penetration test. Tool coverage will include, Backtrack Linux, Google, Whois, Nmap, Nessus, Metasploit, Netcat, Netbus, and more.
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Redis: The Definitive Guide: Data modeling, caching, and messaging
Published 9 years ago
by Salvatore Sanfilippo, Pieter Noordhuis, O'Reilly Media
Written by the Redis dream team—including its creator, key developers, and the community itself—this book provides the details you need to implement this advanced key-value data store quickly and discerningly. Database administrators, architects, and programmers will learn how to work with different data structures in Redis, how to handle memory, replication, and the cache itself, and how to implement messaging, using just the shell or programming APIs in Ruby, Python, and JavaScript.
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RHCE Red Hat Certified Engineer Linux Study Guide (Exam N0-201), 6th Edition (Certification Press)
Published 9 years ago
by Michael Jang, McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Fully revised to cover the Red Hat Certified Engineer exam revision based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Updated for the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and the related Red Hat Certified Engineer certification exam revision, RHCE Red Hat Certified Engineer Linux Study Guide, Sixth Edition provides complete coverage of all official exam objectives and the revised format for the RHCE exam.
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Android Forensics: Investigation, Analysis and Mobile Security for Google Android
Published 9 years ago
by Andrew Hoog, Syngress
The open source nature of the platform has not only established a new direction for the industry, but enables a developer or forensic analyst to understand the device at the most fundamental level. Android Forensics covers an open source mobile device platform based on the Linux 2.6 kernel and managed by the Open Handset Alliance. The Android platform is a major source of digital forensic investigation and analysis.
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WordPress Web Design For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)
Published 9 years ago
by Lisa Sabin-Wilson, For Dummies
Learn how WordPress can help you create a unique, customized Web siteOnce only a platform for bloggers, WordPress is gaining popularity as a tool for creating individualized Web sites. WordPress expert Lisa Sabin-Wilson makes it easy for anyone with a basic knowledge of the WordPress software to create a custom site using complimentary technologies including CSS, HTML, and PHP.
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The Python Standard Library by Example (Developer's Library)
Published 9 years ago
by Doug Hellmann, Addison-Wesley Professional
Master the Powerful Python Standard Library through Real Code ExamplesThe Python Standard Library (PSL) contains hundreds of modules for interacting with the operating system, interpreter, and Internet–all extensively tested and ready to jump-start your application development. The Python Standard Library by Example introduces virtually every important area of the Python 2.7 PSL through concise, standalone source code/output examples, designed for easy learning and reuse.
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HBase: The Definitive Guide
Published 9 years ago
by Lars George, O'Reilly Media
If your organization is looking for a storage solution to accommodate a virtually endless amount of data, this book will show you how Apache HBase can fulfill your needs. As the open source implementation of Google's BigTable architecture, HBase scales to billions of rows and millions of columns, while ensuring that write and read performance remain constant.
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BackTrack 4: Assuring Security by Penetration Testing
Published 9 years ago
by Shakeel Ali, Tedi Heriyanto, Packt Publishing
Written as an interactive tutorial, this book covers the core of BackTrack with real-world examples and step-by-step instructions to provide professional guidelines and recommendations to you. The book is designed in a simple and intuitive manner, which allows you to explore the whole BackTrack testing process or study parts of it individually.
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Building Applications in the Cloud: Concepts, Patterns, and Projects
Published 9 years ago
by Christopher Moyer, Christopher M. Moyer, Addison-Wesley Professional
Following the familiar “Design Patterns” format, expert cloud developer Chris Moyer introduces proven patterns for cloud platforms from Amazon, IBM, Microsoft, Google, and other providers. Moyer demonstrates these patterns at work through extensive example code and case study applications for Python and Amazon Web Services (AWS). As you increasingly move to the cloud, you’ll constantly encounter the challenges this book solves.
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Digital Forensics with Open Source Tools
Published 9 years ago
by Cory Altheide, Harlan Carvey, Syngress
Based on the use of open source tools, this book lends itself to many organizations as well as students who do not have means to purchase new tools for different investigations.Well known forensic methods are demonstrated using open-source computer forensic tools (Sleuthkit, Foremost, dcdd, pyag, etc.