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 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

Online:

The John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund Home Page