This book looks at network security in a new and refreshing way. It guides readers step-by-step through the "stack" -- the seven layers of a network. Each chapter focuses on one layer of the stack along with the attacks, vulnerabilities, and exploits that can be found at that layer. The book even includes a chapter on the mythical eighth layer: The people layer. This book is designed to offer readers a deeper understanding of many common vulnerabilities and the ways in which attacker's exp...

The book begins with real world cases of botnet attacks to underscore the need for action. Next the book will explain botnet fundamentals using real world examples. These chapters will cover what they are, how they operate, and the environment and technology that makes them possible. The following chapters will analyze botnets for opportunities to detect, track, and remove them. Then the book will describe intelligence gathering efforts and results obtained to date. Public domain tools lik...

Tales about the trouble with time travel from twenty-two talented authors from around the world, Campbell Blaine, Alyson Faye, Shebat Legion, Carol McConnell, Kelly Piner, Chris L. Adams, Rose Strickman, EV Emmons, Robert Allen Lupton, Rie Sheridan Rose, David Lawrence Morris, Tim Pulo, RJ Meldrum, Gilbert M. Stack, Caroline Ashley, Ginger Strivelli, Lawrence Dagstine, Gargi Mehra, Christopher Blinn, Steven Streeter, Martin Klubeck, and Ann Tjelmeland.The trouble with time, especia...

It doesn't matter who you are or what you've done—God wants a relationship with you.Social media, television, video games, drugs, pornography – there is so much noise distracting us from what is important in life that it is nearly impossible to hear God’s truth that He will take you as you are. When we finally kill the noise of the world, we’ll discover in the silence a loving Savior who is waiting to forgive us and offer us a purpose for our lives.Ryan Rie...

The beloved, highly respected, and automatically obeyed Palamaran Emperor John Cardillion III suddenly has died without naming a successor. He has four very powerful sons, An Arch Cleric, a Fighter, a Wizard and a Merchant Prince (aka thief), who are eager to slay each other and claim their father’s Ruby Throne. Earl Thomas Medford, the former Emperor’s best friend and Commander of the Imperial Guard, has to decide which royal brother to support for the throne and marry his deliciously gor...