Network Security Essentials, 2nd Edition

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Features

• NEW - Discussion of Advanced Encryption Standard.

  • Teaches students the latest industry standard.

• NEW - Expanded discussions of viruses, worms, and intruders.

  • Gives students the information they need to know to protect their computers.

• NEW - All material revised and updated.

  • Keeps students abreast of the latest changes in a fast changing field.

• Up-to-date treatment of Web security.

  • Presents students with discussions on the two most important Web security standards—SSL/TLS and SET.

• Unified presentation of intruders and viruses.

  • Shows students the distinct threats and similarities of hackers and viruses, in order to promote a greater understanding of both topics.

• Both PGP and S/MIME for electronic mail security.

  • Familiarizes students with the two most important approaches to e-mail security, enabling them to gain an understanding of both schemes at a detailed technical level.

• Treatment of firewalls.

  • Allows students to explore an integral part of any network security capability.

• Concise overview of cryptography, authentication, and digital signatures.

  • Gives students a solid yet concise look at the fundamental algorithms and techniques underlying network security.

• Chapter-end homework problems.

  • Introduces students to new concepts and techniques, and reinforces material in the text with over 100 problems.

• Optional research projects.

  • Instructs students, through a series of assignments, to research a particular topic on the Internet and write a report.

• Optional programming projects.

  • Enables students to cover a broad range of topics and implement them in any suitable language on any platform.

• Reading/Report assignments.

  • Directs students to read and then write a short report on an assigned paper listed in the literature.

• Internet mailing list.

  • Allows instructors using the text to exchange information, suggestions, and questions with each other and the author.

• Accessible presentation of authentication tools and applications.

  • Kerberos and X.509v3 digital certificates.

• Instructor's CD-ROM—Includes solutions to all homework problems and the review questions in the book, a list of suggested research projects, a list of programming projects, and a list of suggested reading assignments.

  • Enables instructors to verify student homework and provides an additional source of assignments.

• Author Web site at WilliamStallings.com/NetSec2e.html—Includes links to important sites organized by chapter, links to course pages, transparency masters, PowerPoint slides, course notes, and an errata sheet.

  • Provides support for both students and instructors.

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Description

• Copyright 2003
• Edition: 2nd

• Book
• ISBN-10: 0-13-035128-8
• ISBN-13: 978-0-13-035128-9

It's no longer an option. Network security is essential to every corporation, organization, institution, and small business on the planet. Anyone working in IT or other computer-related professions must know the practical applications and standards for enforcing network security. Whether student, professor, or industry professional, this book will provide you with the most up-to-date, comprehensive coverage of vital Internet-based security tools and applications. Organized to provide critical information in the optimal sequence for classroom instruction and self-study, this book also serves as a useful reference for practicing system engineers, programmers, system managers, network managers, product marketers, system support specialists and other professionals. Stallings has expanded and updated his popular first edition of Network Security Essentials to include:

• New discussion of Advanced Encryption Standard
• Expanded discussion of Viruses, Worms, and Intruders
• Key words and review questions for each chapter
• Web site for instructor and student support at
  http://www.WilliamStallings.com/NetSec2e.html

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Sample Content

Table of Contents

 1. Introduction.

I. CRYPTOGRAPHY.

 2. Symmetric Encryption and Message Confidentiality.
 3. Public-Key Cryptography and Message Authentication.

II. NETWORK SECURITY APPLICATIONS.

 4. Authentication Applications.
 5. Electronic Mail Security.
 6. IP Security.
 7. Web Security.
 8. Network Management Security.

III. SYSTEM SECURITY.

 9. Intruders.
10. Malicious Software.
11. Firewalls.
Appendix A: Standards Cited in this Book.
Appendix B: Some Aspects of Number Theory.
Appendix C: Projects for Teaching Network Security.
Glossary.
References.
Index.
List of Acronyms.

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