Skip to Content
Android Security Internals
book

Android Security Internals

by Nikolay Elenkov
October 2014
Intermediate to advanced
432 pages
13h 48m
English
No Starch Press
Content preview from Android Security Internals

Chapter 6. Network Security and PKI

As discussed in the previous chapter, Android includes various cryptographic providers that implement most modern cryptographic primitives: hashing, symmetric and asymmetric encryption, and message authentication codes. Those primitives can be combined to implement secure communication, but even a subtle mistake can result in serious vulnerabilities, so the preferred way to implement secure communication is to use standard protocols that are designed to protect the privacy and integrity of data transferred across a network.

The most widely used secure protocols are Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS). Android supports these protocols by providing an implementation of the standard Java ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

SELinux by Example: Using Security Enhanced Linux

SELinux by Example: Using Security Enhanced Linux

Frank Mayer, Karl MacMillan, David Caplan

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781457185496Errata