Best computer security related books

Question

There seems to be a lot of interest in programming books with over 700 questions on Stack Overflow. So how about some non-programming computer books? In this case, what is your favourites book on computer security?

It can be from either the breaking in side, showing how someone can break in; or it can be from the defense side, teaching good security practice like strong password etc. It doesn't even have to be all technical, historical accounts like The Cuckoo's Egg, or fictional books like Stealing the Network series are all acceptable. :-)

KTC · Answer 1 · 2009-07-29 08:40:46Z

Since I already mentioned it, I'm going to start us off.

The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage

First-person account of the hunt for a computer cracker who broke into a computer at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBL).

joe · Answer 2 · 2009-07-29 08:46:59Z

For Top 5 Security Books

http://www.amazon.com/TOP-Network-Security-Books-time/lm/2960EKXT6MAEO

For Best Selling Security Books

http://www.amazon.com/Best-Popular-Information-Security-Books/lm/TRSXT62788BQ

Top 10 Computer and Network Security Books

http://netsecurity.about.com/od/toppicks/tp/topbooks.htm

Peter Mortensen · Answer 3 · 2009-07-29 09:53:08Z

Steve Gibson (Security Now podcast) recommends Bruce Schneier's "Applied Cryptography" - see transcript for episode 33 at http://www.grc.com/sn/sn-033.htm.

In the same episode Leo Laporte recommends Simon Singh's "The Code Book" ("a very good description of how crypto works and crypto through the ages" and David Kahn's "The Codebreakers" ("everything about how it's been used").