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Web Hacker Boot Camp
by Gerald Quakenbush
from MasterMind Press
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 
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Good book on web security for beginners 
Web Hacker Boot Camp can serve as a very good introduction to the world of web application testing and SQL injection. The book is technically accurate but not up to date with the "latest" tactics and techniques. It more than adequately covers the basics that someone new to the field would need to get started.
You get a short introduction to networking (not that useful), a very good introduction to how the web works, specifically http, cookies, user authentication methods, state management (useful), an... more info
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ridicule 
well I buyed this one, and I have to say I lost a bit of money.
the author knows very little of what he is talking about, and that little that he knows he is not able to explain in a usefull way. Plus all the book is focused on a hand-made web application that has NOTHING to do with real world scenarios. Do yourself a nice thing and look around for something better.
Some usefull info can be found here only for people that are beginners with browsers usage.
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The best of both worlds 
I'm a sales guy for an Internet Security firm, however, my co-workers call me "hybrid" because I'm too technical to be compared to the average sales guy and not technical enough to be a full-fledged engineer.
So here's why I was pleasantly surprised by Web Hacker Boot Camp...I bought it because we have a product which specifically combats the type of hacking Quakenbush discusses. I expected to be fairly overwhelmed and just give the book to my Security Engineer. What I found was that I now understand... more info
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