Laura's best seller list of electronic and hardcopy books are geared toward the IT professional who wants to get 'down and dirty' on their network. From network analysis fundamentals to case studies, these books are a 'must' for any IT professional.

All these titles and more are available online through Podbooks (www.podbooks.com ).

More Info		4-Book CD: Set 1 Includes:  . Introduction to Network Analysis - Second Edition;  . Advanced Network Analysis;  . TCP/IP Analysis and Troubleshooting; and  . Hands-On Cisco: TCP/IP LAN Configurations (101)
More Info		4-Book CD: Set 2 (New) Includes:  . Packet Filtering - Catching the Cool Packets;  . Onsite! Case Studies, Volume 1;  . White Hat Toolbox: Tools, Tricks and Traces (Vol. 1);  . White Hat Toolbox: Tools, Tricks and Traces (Vol 2).
Electronic   Hard-Copy		Introduction to Network Analysis (Second Edition) The revised/updated analysis manual by Laura Chappell. This version dumps the LANalyzer for Windows screens and functionality and focuses on EtherPeek and Sniffer Pro throughout. Also in this edition: full-duplex analysis, frame and field offsets, and a whole bunch of new trace files (included with electronic copy)!
Electronic   Hard-Copy		Advanced Network Analysis Techniques From setting up an automatic trigger to capture data in the middle of the night to bit-level filters designed to grab all the fragmented data on your network -- this book has the tips and tricks that ever network analyst should know.
Electronic   Hard-Copy		TCP/IP Analysis and Troubleshooting The perfect guide to get you started in analyzing and troubleshooting your own TCP/IP network traffic. This comprehensive guide focuses on practical tips for interpreting packet contents and field values. Accompanied by a variety of trace files in CAP (Sniffer native) format and PRN format, this book includes all the elements necessary to start understanding and troubleshooting your traffic today.
Electronic   Hard-Copy		Hands-On Cisco Basic TCP/IP LAN Configuration This book includes two hours of lab time online at www.mislab.com. Configure and troubleshoot a live network. Set up a subnetted IP network, configure RIP routing and then test connectivity. Upgrade a link to support IGRP. Test your skills in our 5 pre-configured troubleshooting labs online! The most effective Cisco training around!
Electronic   Hard-Copy		Packet Filtering Catching the Cool Packets! This book covers the basic through advanced methods of filtering on hack traffic, ICMP traffic, IP fragments, subnet traffic and more. If you want to know how to build filters to capture specific application traffic based on its signature, this is the book for you. Includes instructions for capturing 'data theft' using signatures rather than port numbers . Also includes step-by-step instructions for checking for Gnutella, Morpheus, and iMesh traffic regardless of the port the users/servers are using! This book includes step-by-step instructions for importing sample filters into EtherPeek and Sniffer.
Electronic   Hard-Copy		Onsite! - Case Studies, Volume 1 Learn what goes into the preparation for an onsite visit. Use the trace file tracker and the application testing form to organize your procedures and packets. Identify the cause of poor network performance by examining actual client case studies.
Electronic   Hard-Copy		White Hat Toolbox - Volume 1 Security Tools, Tricks and Traces Learn to use the hottest tools around to test your network security, identify unpatched systems, perform hardware/software and system audits, deceive attackers and trace back to the source of attacks.
Electronic   Hard-Copy		White Hat Toolbox - Volume 2 Security Tools, Tricks and Traces Learn to use the hottest tools around to test your network passwords, perform system audits, intercept suspicious traffic, identify unpatched systems, trace back to an attacker and more!
Electronic   Hard-Copy		Guide to Service Location Protocol - by Sylvia Hagen As one of the newer protocols developed, SLP offers service discovery processes for NetWare and other TCP/IP-based networks. This book covers general SLP functionality (User Agents, Service Agents, Directory Agents and Scopes), SLP network design (UAs/SAs with single scope, UAs/SAs/DA with single scope, UAs/SAs/DAs with multiple scopes), and packet-level SLP communications. This reference book also defines SLPv1 and SLPv2 errors and troubleshooting methods. An excellent resource!