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Introduction to Network Security, 2nd Edition

Name: Introduction to Network Security, 2nd Edition
ISBN: 9781118939482

by Jie Wang, Zachary A. Kissel

October 2015

Intermediate to advanced

440 pages

13h 4m

English

Wiley

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Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Preface
About the Author
Chapter 1: Network Security Overview
1.1 Mission and Definitions1.2 Common Attacks and Defense Mechanisms1.3 Attacker Profiles1.4 Basic Security Model1.5 Security Resources1.6 Closing Remarks1.7 Exercises
Chapter 2: Data Encryption Algorithms
2.1 Data Encryption Algorithm Design Criteria2.2 Data Encryption Standard 2.3 Multiple DES2.4 Advanced Encryption Standard2.5 Standard Block Cipher Modes of Operations 2.6 Offset Codebook Mode of Operations2.7 Stream Ciphers 2.8 Key Generations2.9 Closing Remarks2.10 Exercises
Chapter 3: Public-Key Cryptography and Key Management
3.1 Concepts of Public-Key Cryptography3.2 Elementary Concepts and Theorems in Number Theory3.3 Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange3.4 RSA Cryptosystem3.5 Elliptic-Curve Cryptography3.6 Key Distributions and Management3.7 Closing Remarks3.8 Exercises
Chapter 4: Data Authentication
4.1 Cryptographic Hash Functions4.2 Cryptographic Checksums 4.3 HMAC 4.4 Birthday Attacks 4.5 Digital Signature Standard 4.6 Dual Signatures and Electronic Transactions 4.7 Blind Signatures and Electronic Cash 4.8 Closing Remarks4.9 Exercises
Chapter 5: Network Security Protocols in Practice
5.1 Crypto Placements in Networks5.2 Public-Key Infrastructure5.3 IPsec: A Security Protocol at the Network Layer5.4 SSL/TLS: Security Protocols at the Transport Layer5.5 PGP and S/MIME: Email Security Protocols5.6 Kerberos: An Authentication Protocol5.7 SSH: Security Protocols for Remote Logins5.8 Electronic Voting Protocols5.9 Closing Remarks5.10 Exercises

Chapter 6: Wireless Network Security
6.1 Wireless Communications and 802.11 WLAN Standards6.2 Wired Equivalent Privacy 6.3 Wi-Fi Protected Access 6.4 IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 6.5 Bluetooth Security6.6 ZigBee Security 6.7 Wireless Mesh Network Security6.8 Closing Remarks6.9 Exercises
Chapter 7: Cloud Security
7.1 The Cloud Service Models7.2 Cloud Security Models7.3 Multiple Tenancy7.4 Access Control7.5 Coping with Untrusted Clouds7.6 Searchable Encryption7.7 Closing Remarks7.8 Exercises
Chapter 8: Network Perimeter Security
8.1 General Firewall Framework8.2 Packet Filters 8.3 Circuit Gateways 8.4 Application Gateways 8.5 Trusted Systems and Bastion Hosts8.6 Firewall Configurations8.7 Network Address Translations 8.8 Setting Up Firewalls8.9 Closing Remarks8.10 Exercises
Chapter 9: Intrusion Detections
9.1 Basic Ideas of Intrusion Detection9.2 Network-Based Detections and Host-Based Detections9.3 Signature Detections9.4 Statistical Analysis9.5 Behavioral Data Forensics9.6 Honeypots9.7 Closing Remarks9.8 Exercises
Chapter 10: The Art of Anti-Malicious Software
10.1 Viruses10.2 Worms10.3 Trojans10.4 Malware Defense10.5 Hoaxes10.6 Peer-to-Peer Security10.7 Web Security10.8 Distributed Denial-of-Service Attacks10.9 Closing Remarks10.10 Exercises
Appendix A. 7-bit ASCII code
Appendix B. SHA-512 Constants (in Hexadecimal)
Appendix C. Data Compression Using ZIP
Exercise
Appendix D. Base64 Encoding
Exercise
Appendix E. Cracking WEP Keys Using WEPCrack
E.1 System SetupE.2 Experiment DetailsE.3 Sample Code
Appendix F. Acronyms
Further Readings
Index
End User License Agreement

Overview

Introductory textbook in the important area of network security for undergraduate and graduate students

Comprehensively covers fundamental concepts with newer topics such as electronic cash, bit-coin, P2P, SHA-3, E-voting, and Zigbee security
Fully updated to reflect new developments in network security
Introduces a chapter on Cloud security, a very popular and essential topic
Uses everyday examples that most computer users experience to illustrate important principles and mechanisms
Features a companion website with Powerpoint slides for lectures and solution manuals to selected exercise problems, available at http://www.cs.uml.edu/~wang/NetSec

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