This book provides a practical, up-to-date, and comprehensive survey of network-based and Internet-based security applications and standards. Covers e-mail security, IP security, Web security, and network management security. Includes a concise section on the discipline of cryptography–covering algorithms and protocols underlying network security applications, encryption, hash functions, digital signatures, and key exchange. For system engineers, engineers, programmers, system managers, network managers, product marketing personnel, and system support specialists.
William Stallings is an American author. He has written computer science textbooks on operating systems, computer networks, computer organization, and cryptography.
Read 2nd Edition - must not be very good, because I couldn't find that Edition listed anywhere. I got the theory parts; don't know any coding (C, SQL), so I missed a lot of stuff I apparently need to know. Plus, I read it on the elliptical.
For someone learning about security/encryption for the first time, this book explains everything clearly and concisely. Easy to read and digest, I enjoyed this book and it complemented my Networking class very well.
I used this book together with some tutorial sessions during a lecture course at JCU singapore. The content and the additional material provided was very useful.
Just finished this book for a network security class. I have been in the IT security field for several years and this book is a great resource, i am sure i will use it in the future.