Secrets and Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World, 15th Anniversary Edition

Resources

The ideas in this book have been heavily influenced by the ideas and writings of others. I deliberately did not disrupt the flow of text with footnotes or citations. What follows is a list of some of my more useful sources.

All URLs are guaranteed accurate as of 1 July 2000. Some Internet pundits have decried the Web as useless for scholarly archives, claiming that URLs move or disappear regularly. Consider this list to be an ongoing experiment to prove or disprove that thesis.

Ross Anderson's writing are always interesting and worth reading. His Web site is www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/rja14/. Look for his new book, coming out next year: Security Engineering: A Comprehensive Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems (John Wiley & Sons, 2001).

Dorothy Denning has written about cryptography, computer and database security, and (more recently) information warfare. I used her most recent book, Information Warfare and Security (Addison-Wesley, 1999), as well has her classic Cryptography and Data Security (Addison-Wesley, 1982).

Whit Diffie's writings and speeches have affected my thinking. I recommend the book he co-wrote with Susan Landau: Privacy on the Line (MIT Press, 1998).

Carl Ellison has continued to write common-sense essays and papers on public-key infrastructure. Much of his writing can be found on his Web site, world.std.com/∼cme/.

Ed Felton has spoken on the insecurities inherent in software modularity, and on Java security. I always learn something when I hear ...