Network security essentials : applications and standards / William Stallings.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stallings, William.

Contributor:

John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer networks--Security measures.

Computer networks.

Computer security.

Physical Description:

xv, 409 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson Education, [2003]

Summary:

It's no longer an option. Network security is essential to every corporation, organization, institution, and small business on the planet. Anyone working in IT or other computer-related professions must know the practical applications and standards for enforcing network security. Whether student, professor, or industry professional, this book will provide you with the most up-to-date, comprehensive coverage of vital internet-based security tools and applications. Organized to provide critical information in the optimal sequence for classroom instruction and self-study, this book also serves as a useful reference for practicing system engineers, programmers, system managers, network managers, product marketers, system support specialists and other professionals.

Contents:

1.1 The OSI Security Architecture 4

1.2 Security Attacks 5

1.3 Security Services 9

1.4 Security Mechanisms 13

1.5 A Model for Network Security 13

1.6 Internet Standards and the Internet Society 17

1.7 Outline of This Book 21

1.9 Internet and Web Resources 22

Part 1 Cryptography 25

Chapter 2 Symmetric Encryption and Message Confidentiality 27

2.1 Symmetric Encryption Principles 28

2.2 Symmetric Encryption Algorithms 34

2.3 Cipher Block Modes of Operation 44

2.4 Location of Encryption Devices 47

2.5 Key Distribution 49

Chapter 3 Public-Key Cryptography and Message Authentication 53

3.1 Approaches to Message Authentication 54

3.2 Secure Hash Functions and HMAC 58

3.3 Public-Key Cryptography Principles 68

3.4 Public-Key Cryptography Algorithms 72

3.5 Digital Signatures 78

3.6 Key Management 79

Part 2 Network Security Applications 85

Chapter 4 Authentication Applications 87

4.1 Kerberos 88

4.2 X.509 Authentication Service 105

Appendix 4A Kerberos Encryption Techniques 117

Chapter 5 Electronic Mail Security 121

5.1 Pretty Good Privacy 122

5.2 S/MIME 141

Appendix 5A Data Compression Using Zip 159

Appendix 5B RADIX-64 Conversion 162

Appendix 5C PGP Random Number Generation 164

Chapter 6 IP Security 167

6.1 IP Security Overview 168

6.2 IP Security Architecture 171

6.3 Authentication Header 177

6.4 Encapsulating Security Payload 182

6.5 Combining Security Associations 187

6.6 Key Management 190

Appendix 6A Internetworking and Internet Protocols 203

Chapter 7 Web Security 213

7.2 Secure Socket Layer and Transport Layer Security 217

7.3 Secure Electronic Transaction 234

Chapter 8 Network Management Security 249

8.1 Basic Concepts of SNMP 250

8.2 SNMPv1 Community Facility 258

8.3 SNMPv3 261

Part 3 System Security 291

Chapter 9 Intruders 293

9.2 Intrusion Detection 297

9.3 Password Management 309

Appendix 9A The Base-Rate Fallacy 322

Chapter 10 Malicious Software 325

10.1 Viruses and Related Threats 326

10.2 Virus Countermeasures 337

Chapter 11 Firewalls 343

11.1 Firewall Design Principles 344

11.2 Trusted Systems 356

Appendix A Standards Cited in This Book 365

A.1 ANSI Standards 365

A.2 Internet RFGs 365

A.3 ITU-T Recommendations 366

A.4 NIST Federal Information Processing Standards 367

Appendix B Some Aspects of Number Theory 369

B.1 Prime and Relatively Prime Numbers 370

B.2 Modular Arithmetic 372.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [381]-387) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

ISBN:

0130351288

OCLC:

50725678