Cybersecurity: Secret Communication in the Public World (Second Edition): Secret Communication in the Public World

Author: Kaufman
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: This book comprehensively elaborates on information security theory, divided into five parts: Cryptography, Authentication, Standards, Email, and Other Security Mechanisms. Part one explains the basic principles of cryptographic algorithms and various classical and modern encryption algorithms. The second part introduces how to prove identity in a network, the challenges people may encounter when proving their identity to a device, the details of authentication handshake protocols, and the multiple defects that protocols may have. The third part discusses a series of security protocols (such as Kerberos, IPSec, and SSL, etc.) and some standards of PKI. The fourth part covers several issues in email security, lists several security features related to email, and describes the specific implementation methods of these features. The fifth part introduces firewalls, security issues of various operating systems, the protocols involved in browsing websites, and a summary of security best practices. The book provides exercises at the end of each chapter and includes a large number of references at the end. Starting from daily applications, the book explains profound theories in a simple and easy-to-understand way, and with the author's vivid and humorous writing style, it is truly unique. This book can serve as a teaching material for senior undergraduate and graduate students in relevant majors, as well as a reference for professionals in related fields.