Network security

Author: Huang Chuanhe
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: This book is a textbook for the undergraduate program in Information Security at Wuhan University. It is organized into three main parts: Network Attack Technologies, Network Defense Technologies, and Network Security Assurance Systems. The book comprehensively introduces major attack technologies such as network reconnaissance, denial-of-service attacks, buffer overflow attacks, program attacks, spoofing attacks, and attacks exploiting program errors. It also covers major defense technologies including access control techniques, firewall technology, intrusion detection technology, VPN, network virus prevention, wireless network security, security recovery, and forensic techniques. A brief introduction to the network security assurance system is provided. This book can serve as a textbook for undergraduate students in information security and also as a reference for technical personnel in related fields.