Amazon.co.uk Review
Because the Internet is based on connectionless protocols that route messages through more or less public machines, standard means of Internet communication offer no guarantees of integrity or authenticity. A variety of schemes have sprung up to solve this problem and
Digital Certificates: Applied Internet Security does a great job of explaining the Microsoft approach to securing Internet communications.
Helpfully, the authors spend a fair amount of time explaining the problem of network security and the broad technologies (public-key encryption, key length considerations, authentication and so on). Having explained the universe in which a security system must work, they then show how to acquire a digital certificate from a certification authority (CA). From there, they show how to use the digital certificate with several pieces of software, including Internet Explorer 3 and 4 (but not 5), Netscape Communicator 4, and Outlook Express 4.
Of more interest to administrators and developers are code snippets that show how to request and process digital certificates in a variety of environments, including Active Server Pages (ASP) and Java. There's background information on the newly standardised Public Key Infrastructure with X.509 (PKIX) and the Secure Electronic Transaction (SET) standard for financial operations, too. Coverage of Microsoft Certificate Server includes a lot of programming information, including coverage of the Policy and Exit Modules. --David Wall, amazon.com
Topics covered: Encryption, authentication, X.509 digital certificates, certification authorities, S/MIME, trust relationships and Microsoft Certificate Server.
Product Description
Digital certificates bind a cryptographic key with one or more attributes of a user. Issued by certification authorities, the certificates protect the Internet by assuring the authenticity of network messages. This technology and its underlying digital signatures are now helping fuel the deployment of electronic commerce on the Internet. Internet users, developers, administrators, and corporate buyers need to have a solid understanding of certificate-based security systems in order to harness their potential. Digital Certificates: Applied Internet Security is a detailed and practical guide to understanding and working with this important technology. It presents an overview of digital certificates and their role in Internet security, a detailed description of the technologyis inner workings, and a look at the business infrastructure that is essential to its effective utilization. Practical throughout, this book features numerous examples from actual Internet applications to illustrate concepts and demonstrate how the technology works under real-world conditions.In this comprehensive book you will find: *Essential background information on Internet security and cryptography fundamentals *Detailed information about digital certificates, the X. 509 standard, and Public Key Infrastructures *Coverage of Web Browser security, trust-based software management for downloadable code (Java applets, JavaScript, and ActiveX controls), secure e-mail, Web server security, and access control *A discussion of the certificate-related security features of Netscape and Microsoft Web browsers, Netscape Messenger, Microsoft Outlook Express, and S/MIME, ASN.1, PKCS, SET, and SSL standards *Information on trusted third parties, accountability and reliability, and certification practice statements *Coverage of certificate authority service providers, local registration authorities, and security management solutions, based on VeriSign personal and server certificates, VeriSign OnSite enterprise solutions, and Microsoft Certificate Server 1.0 0201309807B04062001
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