Re: Honeypot books

> The new book "Virtual Honeypots" is a great read.  I am not sure it will
> provide you the depth you are looking for.
>
> What is the thesis of your project?  You may need to find books that
> detail technologies specific to your project, i.e. "TCP/IP vol I or II"
> from Stevens, a detailed reference on SNORT, or a more service (like
> APACHE) focused book.
>
> Ron
>
> Ron Dodge
> ronalddodge@...
> West Point Honeynet Project: http://westpoint.honeynet.org/
>  
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Jamie Riden
> Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2007 4:45 AM
> To: karlzen
> Cc: honeypots@...
> Subject: Re: Honeypot books
>
> On 24/12/2007, karlzen <henrik.karlzen@...> wrote:
>> Hi everyone!
>>
>> I'm new here and I hope my question is not posed in the wrong forum.
>> :)
>>
>> After New Year I will do my bachelor project which will consist of
>> adding/improving on an existing honeypot application. Now, I'm new to
>> this area but have for example taken a course on network security.
>> Anyway, I'm going to buy a book on the subject and am wondering which
>> one is best suited. I've checked out
>> http://www.honeypots.net/honeypots/books and apparently all the books
>> get great reviews on amazon. Since I will be coding some stuff myself
>> I'd like the book to explain such things in more detail and not just
>> existing tools (but of course I don't want to "cheat"). Is the latest
> "Virtual honeypots" the best bet?
>
> I think it's a great book, but I haven't read other honeypot books so I
> can't compare directly. It covers a lot of ground, including every
> honeypot technology I'd heard of and quite a few that I hadn't before I
> read it.
>
> I think a lot of people find the title slightly misleading - in fact it
> has a lot of detail about honeypots in general and is not restricted to
> virtualised implementations.
>
> Happy Christmas,
>  Jamie
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> Jamie Riden / jamesr@... / jamie@... UK Honeynet
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