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Paperback: 622 pages
Publisher: O'Reilly Media; 2 edition (17 May 2001)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0596001576
ISBN-13: 978-0596001575
Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 17.8 x 3 cm

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The second edition of Java Security is intended to help you build and deploy secure Java programs on private and public networks. It covers Java 1.1, Java 2, JCE 1.2.1, JSSE and JAAS (the last two absent from the first edition) and combines coverage of the core Java security features with the three optional security APIs. They will be combined in the next Java release--so you're ahead of the curve.

Security has different meanings depending on context. Java's core sandbox security model was originally intended to defeat viruses and trojans. Authentication, encryption and other security models were added to provide different kinds of security. The authors explain how Java components work so they can show how they might be subverted. Without knowing what the risks are you can't apply effective security measures.

The Java security features examined include class loaders, cryptography, certificates, key management, signatures, SSL, authentication and permissions. The authors explain where and how particular security features are best implemented and explain their limitations in the real world. For example, many people routinely grant signed Java applets permission to read and write files on their system believing a signed certificate somehow makes the application safe. In practice, as anyone can create and sign a Java applet or application it proves nothing of the kind and can still be setting you up for a fall.

Java security is non-trivial. Security is an arms race in which the two sides constantly leapfrog each other. Java Security is well written with many examples but it's a fairly technical read. If you're serious about Java application development, however, you need to read it. Because you can be sure the bad guys will. --Steve Patient

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'This is a great book about Java Security. If you are a Java programmer who want to write secure applications or a system administrator, you should read this book'. Evgeny Gesin, JavaDesk, Israel.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent guide but could be clearer on a couple of topics, 20 Jun 2003

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The first edition of this book was extremely good and this version is even better. As a source on crytographic programming this can't be bettered (note that it is much better than the O'Reilly book 'Java Crytography' which is hopelessly out of date). However, it also provides thorough coverage of code security - the famous sandbox, the class loader and the security manager. Finally, the book covers JAAS, the Java Authentication and Authorization Service. Here, unfortunately, the book gets a little sketchy and the examples are poor. Overall, however, this is a fine book and well up to O'Reilly standards.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Good if you want to become an expert, not good for how-to., 25 Feb 1999

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If you wish to become an in-depth expert in Java security, this book is for you. But if you just want to find out how to add specific aspects of Java security to your applications, this book is the long way around the block. It would be better to have some how-to examples early in each chapter, followed by the background and theory of each concept. Instead, you have to figure out "how-to" based on the discussion.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Average book which failed to grasp my attention at any point, 4 May 1999

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Having played a bit with encryption and digital signatures on a java project for my company, I was looking forward to learning more via this book. The book starts with an important story from the author of how different people expect totally different things from a book called Java Security.

The book was split in two, with one part on the security which makes Java a 'safe' language to use, and the other part on the Java Cryptography Architecture, java.security.

As my interest was primarily in the second part, I managed to read the first part without being too disappointed in its lack of relevance for me. Unfortunately, the second part was even harder to maintain an interest in than the first, so I have to sadly name this the least interesting OReilly book I`ve read.

Not for me.

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5.0 out of 5 stars great book ...
Excuse me, but my previous review was intended for "Java Threads" by Scott Oaks, not "Java Security". Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars great book
take a step forward in your mundane java applet development by reading scott's book.

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