This pioneering guide to Internet and intranet security is the first to cover all of the relevant technologies in one comprehensive reference, and enhances your ability to create and deploy secure architectures. It gives you the knowledge and tools you need for improved productivity, whether you're setting up commerce on line, assembling a firewall, or selecting access controls and cryptographic protocols to secure TCP/IP-based networks.
Everything you need to develop proper access, control, and communication security on TCP/IP-based networks is covered. A complete review of the various cryptographic techniques available gives you the tools you need to protect all of your on-line transactions. Internet, transport and application layer security issues, including packet filtering techniques and application-layer gateways, are covered in detail. You also learn how to compare and assess the benefits of various security protocols and technologies. Here, for the first time, is an essential road map to Internet and intranet security for systems and network administrators, application developers, communications protocol designers, university students, and lecturers.
"The book is written for computer and network professionals who have interest in understanding, establishing, and supporting secure TCP/IP-based networks. One the whole, the book presents a good overview on security problems in the Internet and on the possible solutions. Each chapter ends with an extensive reference section where the reader can find further information on the issue discussed. This book serves very well as an overview and is of excellent help in deciding which security measures to employ. I enjoyed reading it and also used it myself as a base material for a lecture on intranets.”
---Computer Communications, 1999
Fundamentals: Introduction, TCP/IP Networking, OSI Security Architecture, Cryptographic Techniques.
Access Control: Overview, Packet Filters, Application Gateways, Firewall Configurations.
Communication Security: Internet Layer Security Protocols, Transport Layer Security Protocols, Application Layer Security Protocols.
Discussion: Electronic Commerce, Security Tools and Epilogue.
Rolf Oppliger is the founder and owner of eSECURITY Technologies (www.esecurity.ch) and works for the Swiss Federal Strategy Unit for Information Technology (FSUIT) . He is also the author of Security Technologies for the World Wide Web (Artech House, 1999) , Secure Messaging with PGP and S/MIME (Artech House, 2001), and Authentication Systems for Secure Networks (Artech House, 1996). Dr. Oppliger is the computer security series editor at Artech House. He received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Berne, Switzerland, and the Venia Legendi in Computer Science from the University of Zürich, Switzerland.