Security Technologies for the World Wide Web

Intended for professionals, this comprehensive security primer covers the major topics in the field, with chapters on HTTP, proxy servers and firewalls, cryptography, internet security protocols, SSL and TSL protocols, certificate management and public key infrastructures, authentication and authorization infrastructures, electronic payment systems, client-side security, server-side security, privacy protection, intellectual property, censorship, and risk management. Opplinger is a security consultant. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Shows webmasters, security chiefs, and IT managers an overview and analysis of current trends in WWW security, and evaluates existing technologies, such as anonymity services and security products. Coverage includes proxy servers and firewalls, cryptographic techniques, electronic payment systems, and executable content. Other subjects are copyright protection, privacy protection, and censorship. Includes a glossary. The author is employed by the Swiss Federal Strategy Unit for Information Technology. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Rolf Oppliger is employed by the IT Security Group of the Swiss Federal Office of Information Technology and Systems (BFI). He teaches at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, and is also the author of Internet and Intranet Security (Artech House, 1998) and Authentication Systems for Secure Networks (Artech House, 1996). Dr. Oppliger is the computer security series editor at Artech House and received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Berne, Switzerland.