Sams Maximum Security Series - Maximum Security, Maximum Apache, Maximum Linux

Three volumes from Sams’ “Maximum Security” Hacker’s Guide series, all credited to Anonymous: the flagship Maximum Security (3rd edition), Maximum Apache Security and Maximum Linux Security. Two have their original CD-ROMs.

These were the books that taught a generation of sysadmins to think like an attacker. The original Maximum Security was famous for being published anonymously, and Sams built the series out from there into Linux and Apache.

What’s included (numbered to match the photos)

1. Maximum Security: A Hacker’s Guide to Protecting Your Internet Site and Network, 3rd Edition (2001), Anonymous. Sams. ISBN 0-672-31871-7. CD-ROM included. Photos 04–09.
2. Maximum Apache Security: A Hacker’s Guide to Protecting Your Apache Web Server (2002), Anonymous. Sams. ISBN 0-672-32380-X. Covers Apache 1.3 and 2.0. CD-ROM included. Photos 10–14.
3. Maximum Linux Security: A Hacker’s Guide to Protecting Your Linux Server and Workstation (2000, 2nd printing), Anonymous. Sams. ISBN 0-672-31670-6. Water damaged and missing its disc; read below. Photos 15–20.

⚠ The Linux volume is the rough one: please read before buying

Maximum Linux Security has two problems, both photographed:

• Water damage. Heavy staining and waviness along the bottom edge of the text block and the lower page margins (photos 18–19). Every page is legible and the binding is intact, but the staining is obvious and permanent.
• Its CD-ROM is missing. The cover advertises a disc; the rear sleeve is empty (photo 20).

That book is why the lot is listed Acceptable. I’ve priced the lot treating it as a bonus: you’re really buying two Very Good books with their discs, plus the third volume. If that doesn’t work for you, please don’t buy; I’d rather lose the sale than have you disappointed.

The other two
Maximum Security and Maximum Apache Security are Very Good: clean covers, unmarked text, tight bindings, no owner marks.

About the two discs
Both are the original Sams discs. They were moved into plain jewel cases years ago for protection, so the cases are replacements and the discs travel loose in the box rather than inside their books (photos 07 and 13). Neither has been tested in a drive; they’re sold as included original media, not as guaranteed working software.

A word on what this is
This is 2000–2002 security material. The specific tools and exploits are long obsolete, so treat it as history and as a way of thinking about attack surface, not as current guidance.

Shipping
Stretch-wrapped and boxed, USPS Media Mail, with a printed packing list in the box.