Jeremy Poteet

Canning Spam: You've Got Mail (That You Don't Want)

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Produktbeschreibung

Learn how to take control of your email to prevent unwanted emails from getting through - avoiding the spread of malicious messages! Spam gets frequent media attention - users are tired of spam and looking for solutions. Explains possible dangers of spam, viruses and other traps in malicious email. Includes practical advice for savvy email users and administrators. Technically inclined email users and email administrators will find answers in Canning Spam - Defending Your Inbox from Malicious Email and Viruses. In this timely book, security expert Jeremy Poteet shows readers how to take control of their email, offering techniques and best practices to prevent unwanted emails from getting to users, and for avoiding the spread of malicious messages if something gets through. The author demystifies viruses and spam, explaining how spammers gain access to email addresses, how attackers can trick users into opening messages, how email clients can help and hurt, and how spammers can use corporate email servers as a front for their unwanted messages. The book contains stories about spam, viruses, and hackers that make for entertaining and informative reading. Each chapter includes practical advice for administrators setting policy and installing filters to block spam, as well as tips for users to help them avoid becoming part of the problem.

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Appropriate for courses in network/system administration that focus on email; and for courses on Outlook and other email clients. Canning Spam demystifies viruses and spam, explaining how spammers and attackers achieve their goals-and how both users and administrators can defend themselves. From start to finish, this compelling book combines entertaining stories and case studies with the best practical advice available. Leading security expert Jeremy Poteet explains how the "bad guys" gain access to email addresses and trick users into opening dangerous messages; why email clients can be vulnerable and how to strengthen their defenses; how spammers can use corporate email servers to forward their unwanted messages, and how administrators can keep it from happening. Coverage also includes: using Web-based email services securely, setting and enforcing email policies, using filters effectively, mitigating denial-of-email services, and more.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pearson Education
• Seitenzahl: 239
• Erscheinungstermin: Mai 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 161mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 345g
• ISBN-13: 9780672326394
• ISBN-10: 0672326396
• Artikelnr.: 21937223

Autorenporträt

Jeremy Potee is the Chief Security Officer for appDefense, a consulting company specializing in application security. Jeremy has many years of experience administering Windows, Unix and Linux-based servers. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and was the winner in the 2002 eWeek OpenLabs OpenHack IV competition. Jeremy is an active member of the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), including serving as a project manager for the OWASP Guide and a monthly columnist on .NET security. He is also a member of multiple OASIS technical committees that establish security standards. He can be reached at [e-mail].

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction.
1. Stealing Candy from a Baby: How Spammers Harvest Email Addresses.
2. Neither Confirm Nor Deny: How Email Attacks Determine that an Email
Address is Active.
3. Bad Things Come in Small Packages: How Viruses are Transmitted Through
Email Attachments.
4. Using Email Clients for Good and Evil: Guarding Against Script-Based
Viruses and Worms.
5. Would the Real Sender Please Stand Up?: How Spammers Spoof Email
Identities.
6. Unwilling Accomplices?: How Spammers Mask their Identities using Email
Relaying.
7. Separating the Wheat from the Chaff: Using Filters to Block Unwanted
Emails.
8. Don't Send us a Postcard: Insuring that your Email is not Sent in the
Clear.
9. You've Got Some Email in my Web Site: Using Web-based Email Services
Securely.
10. The Bigger they are, the Harder they Fall: Mitigating Denial of Email
Services Attacks.
Appendix A. Email Protocols.
Appendix B. Popular Email Tools.
Appendix C. Email Legal Information.