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Security Technologies for the World Wide Web (2nd ed.)

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This newly revised edition of the Artech House bestseller brings you the most, up-to-date, comprehensive analysis of the current trends in WWW security available, with brand new chapters on authentication and authorization infrastructures, server-side security, and risk management. You also find coverage of entirely new topics such as Microsoft.NET Passport. From HTTP security, firewalls and proxy servers, cryptographic security protocols, electronic payment systems… to public key infrastructures, authentication and authorization infrastructures, and client-side security, the book offers an in-depth understanding of the key technologies and standards used to secure the World Wide Web, Web-based applications, and Web services.

Youlearn how to ensure that electronic commerce functions and financialtransactions on your website are executed with the utmost security andprotection, and learn about content protection and the benefits and drawbacksof censorship on the web. You gain the ability to discuss existing securitytechnologies, evaluate and choose those that suit your needs, and understandcorresponding software and hardware. What’s more you discover where the gaps are in your existing securitymeasures and learn the latest ways in which hackers and others are trying tocorrupt your information. Other key topics include privacy protection andanonymity services, intellectual property protection, risk management, andfuture developments in the field.

Contents: Introduction. HTTPSecurity. Proxy Servers and Firewalls. Cryptographic Techniques. InternetSecurity Protocols. SSL and TLS Protocols. Certificate Management and PublicKey Infrastructures, Authentication and Authorization Infrastructures,Electronic Payment Systems. Client-side Security. Server-side Security. PrivacyProtection and Anonymity Services. Intellectual Property Protection. Censorshipon the WWW. Risk Management, Conclusions and Outlook. Abbreviations andAcronyms. About the Author. Index.

Rolf Oppliger is the founder and owner ofeSECURITY Technologies (www.esecurity.ch) and worksfor the Swiss Federal Strategy Unit for Information Technology (FSUIT). He isthe author of Internet and IntranetSecurity, Second Edition (Artech House, 2002), Secure Messaging with PGP and S/MIME (Artech House, 2001), and AuthenticationSystems for Secure Networks (Artech House, 1996). Dr. Oppliger is thecomputer security series editor at Artech House. He received his M.Sc. andPh.D. in computer science from the University of Berne, Switzerland, and theVenia legendi in computer science from the University of Zürich, Switzerland.

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