Java security

Author: (USA) Oks
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Publish Date: 2002-04-01
Features: This book is the second edition of "Java Security" and covers topics such as Security Managers, Class Loaders, Access Controllers, and the java.security package. Additionally, it discusses message digests, certificates, and digital signatures, and introduces how to use Java's features to establish class signatures and how to implement signature functionality on your own. Through the introduction, you can learn how to write a Class Loader that can recognize signed classes, verify signatures, and grant additional privileges to classes with the help of a Security Manager. The book also covers issues related to encryption key management and how to implement your own key management system based on this foundation. It provides detailed explanations on how to use the Java Secure Sockets Extension (JSSE) to implement SSL encryption and how to leverage the Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) to handle authentication and authorization issues. As a fundamental reference book, it is primarily aimed at developers creating application software for the Internet. If you are developing software with Java, you need to understand how to grant privileges to the classes you write while preventing untrusted classes from obtaining those privileges. You also need to know how to protect your system from intrusion and damage. Java provides the tools for this, and the purpose of this book is to show you how to use them.