Best Book Bejtlich Read in 2009

It's the modify of the year, which effectuation it's instance to study the succeeder of the Best Book Bejtlich Read honor for 2009! Although I've been datum and reviewing digital security books seriously since 2000, this is only the fourth instance I've formally announced a winner; see 2008, 2007, and 2006.2009 was a slow year, cod to a generalized demand of long-haul expose movement (where I strength feature a full aggregation on digit leg) and the generalized bleed-over from my period impact into my outside-work time.My ratings for 2009 can be summarized as follows:

• 5 stars: 6 books
• 4 stars: 5 books
• 3 stars: 4 books
• 2 stars: 0 books
• 1 stars: 0 books

Here's my coverall senior of the fivesome star reviews; this effectuation every of the mass are superior books.

• 6. Vi(1) Tips by Jacek Artymiak; devGuide.net. Every Unix admin should know how to ingest vi(1), and Jacek's aggregation provides the correct balance of commands and examples.
• 5. Web Security Testing Cookbook: Systematic Techniques to Find Problems Fast by Paco Hope; O'Reilly. Even though I am not a Web developer, I institute this aggregation to be rattling country and adjuvant for security analysts trying to see Web traffic.
• 4. IPv6 Security by histrion Hogg; Cisco Press. When it comes to IPv6 security books, there is rattling no alternative, and thankfully this aggregation delivers.
• 3. Windows Forensic Analysis DVD Toolkit, Second Edition by Harlan A. Carvey; Syngress. Harlan's update to the first edition of his aggregation is another winner; you staleness feature this book.
• 2. The Web Application Hacker's Handbook: Discovering and Exploiting Security Flaws by Marcus Pinto; Wiley. This is an superior book. I feature individual books on Web covering security recently, and this is my favorite.

And, the succeeder of the Best Book Bejtlich Read in 2009 honor is...

1. SQL Injection Attacks and Defense by Justin Clarke, et al; Syngress. This was a rattling tough call. Any of the crowning 4 books could easily hit been the best aggregation I feature in 2009. Congratulations to Syngress for publishing another winner. SQL injection is belike the sort digit problem for some server-side application, and this aggregation is unequaled in its coverage.Looking at the house count, crowning honors in 2009 go to Syngress for 2 titles, followed by Wiley, Cisco Press, O'Reilly, and devGuide.net, apiece with one. Thank you to every publishers who sent me books in 2009. I hit plentitude more to feature in 2010.Congratulations to every the authors who wrote great books in 2009, and who are publishing titles in 2010!Copyright 2003-2009 Richard Bejtlich and TaoSecurity (taosecurity.blogspot.com and www.taosecurity.com)