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Network Security Essentials: Applications and Standards, 1/e

William Stallings

Coming November, 1999 by Prentice Hall Engineering/Science/Mathematics

Copyright 2000, 464 pp.
Cloth
ISBN 0-13-016093-8


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Summary

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.

Features


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.
Text-Specific Website—Includes slides, errata, and links to important sites, organized according to chapters in the text.
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.
Chapter-end recommended reading list.
  • Encourages students to continue their study and expand their knowledge of various topics.
Accessible presentation of authentication tools and applications.
  • Kerberos and X.509v3 digital certificates.
Current information on IP Security.


Table of Contents
    1. Overview.
I. CRYPTOGRAPHY.
    2. Message Confidentiality.
    3. 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 and Viruses.
    10. Firewalls.
    Appendix A: Projects for Teaching Network Security.
    References.
    Index.
    List of Acronyms.

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