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Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms and Source Code in C
1.  Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms and Source Code in C by Bruce Schneier
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  "Excellent - enough said!"
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Web Security, Privacy & Commerce
2.  Web Security, Privacy & Commerce by Simson Garfinkel
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  "A readable introduction to a complex subject"
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Firewalls and Internet Security: Repelling the Wily Hacker (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing)
3.  Firewalls and Internet Security: Repelling the Wily Hacker (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing) by William R. Cheswick
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  "Entertaining and useful. Read it because its a classic."
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Information Security Management Handbook, Fifth Edition
4.  Information Security Management Handbook, Fifth Edition by Harold F. Tipton
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  "A good general introduction. Covers a lot of ground."
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Building Internet Firewalls
5.  Building Internet Firewalls by Elizabeth D. Zwicky
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  "Explains how firewalls work, rather than looking at products."
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Practical UNIX and Internet Security
6.  Practical UNIX and Internet Security by Simson Garfinkel
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  "Still one of the best books on UNIX security"
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A Practical Guide to Managing Information Security (Artech House Technology Management Library)
7.  A Practical Guide to Managing Information Security (Artech House Technology Management Library) by Steve Purser
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  "Some interesting ideas. Nice examples of how to use risk analysis."
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Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets and Solutions, 4th edition
8.  Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets and Solutions, 4th edition by Stuart McClure
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  "Gives a good feeling for how attacks are really carried out."
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Network Security: Private Communication in a Public World (Prentice Hall Series in Computer Networking and Distributed)
9.  Network Security: Private Communication in a Public World (Prentice Hall Series in Computer Networking and Distributed) by Charlie Kaufman
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  "Shows how cryptography and good protocol design work together to achieve security."
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SSL and TLS Essentials: Securing the Web
10.  SSL and TLS Essentials: Securing the Web by Stephen A. Thomas
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  "Concise and well written."
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Writing Information Security Policies (Landmark)
11.  Writing Information Security Policies (Landmark) by Scott Barman
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  "First chapters are good. Gets a bit repetitive later on."
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