false 304482 6 Whom can you trust? Try Bruce Schneier, whose rare gift for common sense makes his book <I>Secrets and Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World</I> both enlightening and practical. He's worked in cryptography and electronic security for years, and has reached the depressing conclusion that even the loveliest code and toughest hardware still will yield to attackers who exploit human weaknesses in the users. The book is neatly divided into three parts, covering the turn-of-the-century landscape of systems and threats, the technologies used to protect and intercept data, and strategies for proper implementation of security systems. Moving away from blind faith in prevention, Schneier advocates swift detection and response to an attack, while maintaining firewalls and other gateways to keep out the amateurs.<p> Newcomers to the world of Schneier will be surprised at how funny he can be, especially given a subject commonly perceived as quiet and dull. Whether he's analyzing the security issues of the rebels and the Death Star in <I>Star Wars</I> or poking fun at the giant software and e-commerce companies that consistently sacrifice security for sexier features, he's one of the few tech writers who can provoke laughter consistently. While moderately pessimistic on the future of systems vulnerability, he goes on to relieve the reader's tension by comparing our electronic world to the equally insecure paper world we've endured for centuries--a little smart-card fraud doesn't seem so bad after all. Despite his unfortunate (but brief) shill for his consulting company in the book's afterword, you can trust Schneier to dish the dirt in <I>Secrets and Lies</I>. <I>--Rob Lightner</I> 295510 2000 Secrets and Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World total:140|5:38|4:69|3:27|2:6|1:0| 140 559 262 16 4 0 false false Wed Jun 27 19:58:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 14 10:35:05 -0700 2007
one thing that slightly annoyed me while i was reading the book was that it did not appear that schneier was offering any solutions to the problems that he was presenting in information security. but, after a certain point, that is ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Fri Jun 20 01:33:05 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 20 01:33:36 -0700 2008 Schneier sending me this book in a nice signed hardback edition -- at 24, such things are a fine trouser-rouse. That having been said...sorry mang, but I certainly wouldn't have paid for it. I kind of imagine him with a blissful look on his face, eyes tightly drawn,...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Feb 08 10:53:37 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 10:55:08 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun Jun 07 13:33:42 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 13:36:46 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Mar 28 18:16:02 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 18:16:02 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Nov 25 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Jan 03 16:29:50 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 16:32:56 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jun 26 03:46:54 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 03:47:56 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Jan 25 09:08:51 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 25 09:11:29 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Jan 03 13:10:38 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 03 13:12:06 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Wed Jan 23 14:41:21 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 28 07:49:22 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri May 09 07:14:26 -0700 2008 Fri May 09 07:14:26 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 15 23:29:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 16 01:16:24 -0800 2008 2 0 false false Sat Sep 20 11:33:41 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 20 11:34:46 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Wed Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 08 13:51:44 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 28 21:02:16 -0700 2008
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