Review of Protect Your Windows Network Posted

Amazon.com just posted my five star review of Protect Your Windows Network by Jesper Johansson and Steve Riley. I loved this book. It's another must-read, but check out my comments. From the extensive review:

I received a copy of Protect Your Windows Network (PYWN) almost one year ago, and I immediately put it aside. I figured it was another "security configuration guide," with lots of descriptions of settings and other tweaks that makes for boring reading. Recently I decided to give PYWN another look, and I am exceedingly glad I did. PYWN is one of the best security books I have ever read, and that includes nearly 200 titles over the last six years. Incredibly, even non-Windows users will find plenty of sound advice for their enterprise. Although the book is highly opinionated (and at times perhaps not on my side of the issues) I strongly recommend reading PYWN.

Comments

Anonymous said…
Hi Richard,
Have you read Testing Network Security by Brian Hernacki and Jeremy Bennett from Symantec Press?
http://enterprisesecurity.symantec.com/content.cfm?articleid=4388

I really enjoyed the Art of Computer Virus Research and Defense. I was hoping that this book was going to be really good since it is from Symantec too but I haven't heard anything about it. I wonder if it got canceled since the web page above says due Spring 2005. If you know anything about it please let me know. Thanks.
8:13 PM
C.S.Lee said…
hey Rich,

I think this book gonna be in my to-read list since I have to secure Windows Network too. Anyway nice recommendation :]
8:56 PM
Richard Bejtlich said…
Anonymous,

I was looking forward to Brian's book too. I'm not sure this book made it past the planning stage. I'd like to hear that I'm wrong, though!
9:50 PM
Anonymous said…
Richard,
I got word from someone at AW Professional that it is now schedule for January 2007. Two year delay doesn't sound too hopeful to me.
2:44 PM
Richard Bejtlich said…
Jan 2007 sounds good. Delays in publishing are not uncommon. Real Digital Forensics should have been published before Tao of Network Security Monitoring!
9:55 PM
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