CEH: Certified Ethical Hacker Study Guide -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Contents at a Glance -- Contents -- Table of Exercises -- Introduction -- Assessment Test -- Answers to Assessment Test -- Chapter 1: Introduction to Ethical Hacking, Ethics, and Legality -- Defining Ethical Hacking -- How to Be Ethical -- Keeping It Legal -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Review Questions -- Answers to Review Questions -- Chapter 2: Gathering Target Information: Reconnaissance, Footprinting, and Social Engineering -- Reconnaissance -- Information-Gathering Methodology -- Social Engineering -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Review Questions -- Answers to Review Questions -- Chapter 3: Gathering Network and Host Information: Scanning and Enumeration -- Scanning -- Enumeration -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Review Questions -- Answers to Review Questions -- Chapter 4: System Hacking: Password Cracking, Escalating Privileges, and Hiding Files -- The Simplest Way to Get a Password -- Types of Passwords -- Cracking a Password -- Understanding Keyloggers and Other Spyware Technologies -- Escalating Privileges -- Understanding Rootkits -- Hiding Files -- Understanding Steganography Technologies -- Covering Your Tracks and Erasing Evidence -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Review Questions -- Answers to Review Questions -- Chapter 5: Trojans, Backdoors, Viruses, and Worms -- Trojans and Backdoors -- Viruses and Worms -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Review Questions -- Answers to Review Questions -- Chapter 6: Gathering Data from Networks: Sniffers -- Understanding Host-to-Host Communication -- How a Sniffer Works -- Sniffing Countermeasures -- Bypassing the Limitations of Switches -- Wireshark Filters -- Understanding MAC Flooding and DNS Spoofing -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Review Questions -- Answers to Review Questions.

Chapter 7: Denial of Service and Session Hijacking -- Denial of Service -- Session Hijacking -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Review Questions -- Answers to Review Questions -- Chapter 8: Web Hacking: Google, Web Servers, Web Application Vulnerabilities, and Web-Based Password Cracking Techniques -- How Web Servers Work -- Types of Web Server Vulnerabilities -- Web Application Vulnerabilities -- Web-Based Password-Cracking Techniques -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Review Questions -- Answers to Review Questions -- Chapter 9: Attacking Applications: SQL Injection and Buffer Overflows -- SQL Injection -- Buffer Overflows -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Review Questions -- Answers to Review Questions -- Chapter 10: Wireless Network Hacking -- Wi-Fi and Ethernet -- Authentication and Cracking Techniques -- Using Wireless Sniffers to Locate SSIDs -- MAC Filters and MAC Spoofing -- Rogue Access Points -- Wireless Hacking Techniques -- Securing Wireless Networks -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Review Questions -- Answers to Review Questions -- Chapter 11: Physical Site Security -- Components of Physical Security -- Understanding Physical Security -- Physical Site Security Countermeasures -- What to Do After a Security Breach Occurs -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Review Questions -- Answers to Review Questions -- Chapter 12: Hacking Linux Systems -- Linux Basics -- Compiling a Linux Kernel -- GCC Compilation Commands -- Installing Linux Kernel Modules -- Linux Hardening Methods -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Review Questions -- Answers to Review Questions -- Chapter 13: Bypassing Network Security: Evading IDSs, Honeypots, and Firewalls -- Types of IDSs and Evasion Techniques -- Firewall Types and Honeypot Evasion Techniques -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Review Questions -- Answers to Review Questions -- Chapter 14: Cryptography.

Cryptography and Encryption Techniques -- Generating Public and Private Keys -- Cryptography Algorithms -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Review Questions -- Answers to Review Questions -- Chapter 15: Performing a Penetration Test -- Defining Security Assessments -- Penetration Testing -- Pen Test Deliverables -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Review Questions -- Answers to Review Questions -- Appendix: About the Companion CD -- Glossary -- Index.