- Paperback: 366 pages
- Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1 edition (22 Nov 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0130160938
- ISBN-13: 978-0130160935
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 17.8 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 901,794 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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For one-semester courses on Network Security for computer science, engineering, and CIS majors.
This text provides a practical, up-to-date, and comprehensive survey of network-based and Internet-based security applications and standards. It includes a concise section on the discipline of cryptography—covering algorithms and protocols underlying network security applications, encryption, hash functions, digital signatures, and key exchange.
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As we enter the age of universal electronic connectivity in which viruses, hackers, electronic eavesdropping, and electronic fraud can threaten the prosperity and productivity of corporations and individuals, security is increasingly important. Fortunately, the discipline of network security has matured, leading to the development of practical, available applications to enforce network security. This book provides an integrated, comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of internet-based security tools and applications vital to any treatment of data communications or networking.
Best-selling author and four-time winner of the TEXTY Award for the best computer science and engineering text, William Stallings provides a practical survey of both the principles and practice of network security.
Well organized to provide the optimal sequence for classroom instruction and self-study, this text includes these key features.
- Covers important network security tools and applications, including Kerberos, X.509v3, PGP, S/MIME, IP security, SSL/TLS, and SET.
- Chapters on Web security and network management security (SNMPv3).
- Looks at system-level security issues, including the threat of and countermeasures for intruders and viruses, and the use of firewalls and trusted systems.
- On-line transparency masters, an Internet mailing list, and links to relevant Web sites are available at
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have found this book as a good tutorial for Network Security. Text is easy to read and follow. Covers both basic and advanced subjects. I would recommend this book to anyone who needs to understand the new, widely used concepts of network security.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Using this in an introductory course into Network security, I found the first few chapters of this book excellent for an introduction into the way things worked like encryption and general security issues. However as the book goes on, it does get quite advanced so beware!
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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Quick & Dirty
24 Oct 2000
Format:Paperback
This book appears to be a shorter, more concise version of Stallings' "Cryptography and Network Security: Principles and Practice." It has a much shorter, and therefore less complete treatment of security concepts in general and specifically cryptography. It might be good for a focused introductory course on network-level security, but there's not much there about application-level security. Overall, I found it a little terse. I like Stallings' books on networks and computer architecture better.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
For folks serious about learning network security
22 Dec 2002
Format:Paperback
I purchased this book as part of the required reading for an Information Security class at UCLA. From the start the book was full of very technical and detailed information. Having little practical network experience, my first reading focused on grasping the low-hanging fruit. As I read the book a second and third time I picked up some serious knowledge. It seemed like everytime I re-read a chapter there was more there to glean. I'm now studying for the CISSP and CISA. My initial cold self-assessments returned scores in the 80%-100% range. That's without CISSP/CISA-specific studying. I attribute most of that knowledge to this book. This was money well spent!
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Pretty good book for serious beginners
8 Sep 2000
Format:Paperback
Pretty good starting book for serious beginners in the network security area. Give you an in-depth overview of cryptography (part 1) and network security (part 2). The system security (part 3) is kind of weak. Most of the discussion are rather theoretic than practical, so you need another more practical book as companion. Anyway, understanding the contents of the book will lay a solid foundation for further exploring in the network security. BTW, if you hate math, this won't be a book for you!
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