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Internet Besieged
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Break-ins on the Internet!
Assaults on privacy! Theft of information!
Break-ins, assaults,
and thefts are prohibited. Yet they happen.
How is this so? Just
how clever are the invaders? What are the holes in supposedly
secure systems? Internet Besieged explains
the
ingenious strategies
employed by intruders. It shows how security
experts must be both
defensive and proactive to protect
information, privacy,
and electronic commerce.
Internet Besieged
consists of over thirty original and recently published chapters
written by leading figures in security. They range from technical
explanations of encryption and intrusion-detection systems to
popular accounts of hacker attacks.
Internet Besieged
is organized for the general reader as well as the practicing
professional. It covers:
- The emergence of the
Internet-the evolution of security problems and required countermeasures
- Major patterns of weakness
in Internet-connected computer systems and
methods for preventing
and detecting attacks
- The use of cryptography
to secure computers and data on the Internet
- Electronic commerce
and secure transactions-authentication and
integrity-checking technologies;
foiling identity theft
- Ethics, laws, practices,
and policies that govern human interaction on
the Internet
For software developers,
system managers and engineers, students, and
concerned citizens, this
book provides a broad awareness of Internet
security risk while exploring
the social, legal, political, and ethical
implications of security
breaches and suggested countermeasures.
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