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DESCRIPTION
OS X 10.4 Tiger is a major upgrade for Mac OS X for running Apple’s Macintosh computers and laptops. This book is not a reference to every feature and menu item for OS X. Rather, it teaches hackers of all types from software developers to security professionals to hobbyists, how to use the most powerful (and often obscure) features of OS X for wireless networking, WarDriving, software development, penetration testing, scripting administrative tasks, and much more.
KEY
SELLING POINTS
- Analyst reports indicate that OS X sales will double in 2005. OS X Tiger is currently the #1 selling software product on Amazon and the 12-inch PowerBook is the #1 selling laptop.
- Only book on the market directly appealing to groundswell of hackers migrating to OS X.
- Each chapter written by hacker most commonly associated with that topic, such as Chris Hurley (Roamer) organizer of the World Wide War Drive.
MARKET
INFORMATION
Apple saw near 40 percent unit shipment growth in the first quarter of 2005 with the Mac mini and the halo effect helping driving its success, according to IDC. Meanwhile, Apple moved up into the fifth position in Gartner's U.S. rankings, between fourth-ranked IBM and sixth-ranked Toshiba, according to the CNET News.com report. Strong shipments of iMacs and PowerBooks helped Apple grow its overall U.S. shipments by 45 percent--more than any other PC maker-to 571,000 during the quarter, giving it 3.7 percent of U.S. mark share--up almost 16 percent from the fourth quarter of 2004 and well ahead of its 2.6 percent market share in first quarter of 2004. IDC said that total worldwide shipments rose 10.9 percent from the same quarter a year ago to reach 46.1 million, saying that Apple shipped 1.07 million units worldwide and 450,000 in the US
“OS X for Hackers at Heart is different from Mac OS X Panther Hacks, because it provides more in depth coverage on how to do things like WarDriving or Wireless networking as opposed to presenting a variety of far more succinct “hacks”. The Mac OS X Command Line: Unix Under the Hood is much more of a reference to the command line interface of OS X. Essential Mac OS X Server Administration covers exclusively using OS X from a SysAdmin perspective. While OS X for Hackers at Heart provides advanced coverage for system administrators on things like scripting, this is not the exclusive focus of the book.
ABOUT
THE AUTHOR
Bruce Potter is a Senior Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton. Prior to working at Booz Allen Hamilton, Bruce served as a software security consultant for Cigital in Dulles, VA. Bruce is the founder of the Shmoo Group of security professionals. His areas of expertise include wireless security, large-scale network architectures, smartcards, and promotion of secure software engineering practices. Bruce coauthored the books Aggressive Network Self Defense (Syngress Publishing, 1-931836-20-5), 802.11 Security and Mac OS X Security. He was trained in computer science at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
Chris Hurley (aka Roamer) is a Senior Penetration Tester working in the Washington, DC area. He is the founder of the WorldWide WarDrive, an effort by INFOSEC professionals and hobbyists to generate awareness of the insecurities associated with wireless networks and is the lead organizer of the DEF CON WarDriving Contest. Although he primarily focuses on penetration testing these days, Chris also has extensive experience performing vulnerability assessments, forensics, and incident response. Chris has spoken at several security conferences and published numerous whitepapers on a wide range of INFOSEC topics. Chris is co-author of WarDriving: Drive, Detect, Defend (Syngress, 1-931836-03-5), and a contributor to Aggressive Network Self-Defense (Syngress, 1-931836-20-5), InfoSec Career Hacking: Sell Your Skillz, Not Your Soul (Syngress: 1-597490-11-3), and Stealing the Network: How to Own and Identity (Syngress, 1-597490-06-7). Chris holds a bachelors degree in computer science. He lives in Maryland with his wife Jennifer and their daughter Ashley.
Johnny Long, has spoken on network security and Google hacking at several computer security conferences around the world, including SANS, Def Con, and the Black Hat Briefings. During his recent career with Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), a leading global IT services company, he has performed active network and physical security assessments for hundreds of government and commercial clients. His Web site, currently the Internet’s largest repository of Google hacking techniques, can be found at http://johnny.ihackstuff.com. Johnny is the author of Google Hacking for Penetration Testers (Syngress Publishing, ISBN: 1-931836-36-1) and a contributor to Aggressive Network Self-Defense (Syngress, ISB N: 1-931836-20-5), InfoSec Career Hacking: Sell Your Skillz, Not Your Soul (Syngress: 1-597490-11-3), and Stealing the Network: How to Own and Identity (Syngress, 1-597490-06-7).
Russ Rogers is a Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Principle Security Consultant for Security Horizon, Inc; a Colorado-based professional security services and training provider and veteran owned small business. Russ is a United States Air Force Veteran and has served in military and contract support for the National Security Agency and the Defense Information Systems Agency. Russ is also the editor-in-chief of ‘The Security Journal.’ He also serves as the Professor of Network Security at the University of Advancing Technology (uat.edu) in Tempe, Arizona, guiding program development and curriculum growth initiatives. Russ is the author of Hacking a Terror Network: The Silent Threat of Covert Channels (Syngress, ISBN 1-928994-98-9) due out late 2004. He has contributed to many books including Stealing the Network: How to Own a Continent (Syngress, ISBN: 1-931836-05-1), Security Assessment: Case Studies for Implementing the NSA IAM (Syngress, ISBN 1-932266-96-8), WarDriving, Drive, Detect, Defend: A Guide to Wireless Security (Syngress, ISBN: 1-931836-03-5) and SSCP Study Guide and DVD Training System (Syngress, ISBN: 1-931846-80-9). He is also a co-founder of the Security Tribe information security research web site at www.securitytribe.com.
Tom Owad is a Macintosh Consultant in south-central PA and the D.C. area and Vice President of Keystone MacCentral. He is co-author of "Hardware Hacking: Have Fun While Voiding Your Warranty" and serves on the Board of Directors of the Apple I Owners Club, where he is also webmaster and archivist. Tom is owner and webmaster of Applefritter, a Macintosh community of both artists and engineers. Applefritter provides its members with discussion boards for the exchange of ideas and hosts countless member-contributed hardware hacks and other projects. Tom has a BA in Computer Science and International Affairs from Lafayette College, Pennsylvania.
TECHNOLOGY
BACKGROUND
Mac OS X is the latest version of the Mac OS for Macintosh computers. The operating system was first commercially released in 2001. It consists of two main parts: Darwin, an open source Unix-like environment which is based on the BSD source tree and the Mach microkernel, adapted and further developed by Apple Computer with involvement from independent developers; and a proprietary GUI named Aqua, developed by Apple.
Mac OS X Server was also released in 2001. Architecturally identical to the workstation (client) version, it is differentiated by the inclusion of workgroup management and administration software tools, which provide simplified access to key network services, such as a mail server, a Samba server, a directory server, and a domain name server. It also has a different licensing model.
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