To get the most out of this book

This book covers many topics, and the while the authors have done their best to explain these topics, there are some fundamental topics of networking and security that readers may wish to review in order to better understand the concepts taught throughout the book.

Some of these topics include the following:

• The seven layers of the OSI model
• The TCP/IP suite
• The TCP three-way handshake
• Protocols and port numbers
• Wireless basics (802.11 a,b,g,n,ac), WEP, and WPA2
• Basic Linux commands (including ls, cd, and clear)