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Product: Book - Paperback
Title: Practical Unix & Internet Security, 3rd Edition Publisher: O'Reilly Authors: Simson Garfinkel, Gene Spafford, Alan Schwartz Rating: 5/5  If you have anything to do with network administration, security or management, this is a "must read" book. Common (and not-so-common) security situations are explained clearly, with good background and examples. Even the most basic sysadmin to the haughtiest guru can learn something from this book.
Product: Book - Hardcover
Title: SNMP, SNMPv2, SNMPv3, and RMON 1 and 2 (3rd Edition) Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Authors: William Stallings Rating: 5/5 This is the best book I found on SNMP. I found Essential SNMP to be lacking in detail and the descriptions in Managing Internetworks with SNMP were not so clear. So far it has been able to answer every question I have had regarding SNMP.
Product: Book - Hardcover
Title: Pattern Classification (2nd Edition) Publisher: Wiley-Interscience Authors: Richard O. Duda, Peter E. Hart, David G. Stork Rating: 1/5  This book causes much frustration. Simple concepts are made hard to understand. Hard concepts are hidden behind incorrect formulas. There are so many mistakes in the book that by the end you will have no faith in any formula set forth by the authors.
Product: Book - Hardcover
Title: An Introduction to Database Systems (Introduction to Database Systems) Publisher: Addison Wesley Longman Authors: C. J. Date Rating: 5/5 I dislike this book. A lot. It seems like it could be a nice reference guide for some middle manager who needs to know "the lingo", but that's about all. One problem is that it has WAY too much stuff in it to be an introduction book. This alone is enough to make me look the other way. However, add to that the fact that this book covers almost no SQL (seems that Mr. Date doesn't like SQL--he even says so) and you have a pretty usless book. I have a "real world" job where I work with databases (and SQL) regularly. I deal directly with "real" database people. I have never heard any of them use the terms Date dreamed up in this book. Instead of sticking with the common terms (table, row, column, etc) he has to make up new words. He also is not a very clear writer. I'm certainly no english major, but I would expect a published work to be written better than this! Especially since it's a technical book! Clarity is key in this situation, and he just don't deliver. I'm all for theory-based courses and books, but this book causes more confusion than any other text book I have ever had to use. There is very little connection to the way the real world works and to me that is simply the wrong way to approach a subject. Luckily I have real world experience with databases, or else I would be totaly lost. I feel sorry for the other students in my class.
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