SENIOR SECURITY ADVISOR: LARRY HUGHES

Actually Useful Internet Security Techniques by Larry Hughes

From Book News, Inc.

For users, "Actually Useful Internet Security Techniques" explains Internet security issues from the perspective most participants are suited to understand--that of the applications and tools they regularly use or can begin to use immediately. It covers the Internet applications--e-mail, news, file sharing, the X Window System, etc.--and their inherent dangers; the leading encryption and digital signature techniques and their role in security; methods of authentication, including MIT Kerberos; helpful security tools, including SATAN, and where to obtain them; and other network security issues, including firewall strategies, SNMP, and the next generation Internet Protocol. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Synopsis

Internet security continues to be one of the most talked about topics in the media today. This guide provides the most current, practical and actually useful security techniques in a comprehensive, easy-to-understand manner. It effectively portrays by example how to configure and maintain a computer and network against the security exposures of the Internet

Synopsis

Internet security continues to be one of the most talked about topics in the media today. This guide provides the most current, practical and actually useful security techniques in a comprehensive, easy-to-understand manner. It effectively portrays by example how to configure and maintain a computer and network against the security exposures of the Internet
Provides case studies about international hackers; covers basic security precautions including Data Integrity, Encryption, and Authentication; and discusses such in-depth tools as Application Gateways and Security APIs. Original. (All Users).

The author, Larry J. Hughes Jr.

"Actually Useful Internet Security Techniques" is the book that I needed -- but to my own surprise could not find -- after my UNIX system was hacked. I eventually decided to write this text so that thousands of people like you would not need to learn about Internet security the same way that I did -- the hard way.