Network Security Essentials

Dr. William Stallings has authored 18 titles, and counting revised editions, over 40 books on computer security, computer networking, and computer architecture. His writings have appeared in numerous publications, including the Proceedings of the IEEE, ACM Computing Reviews and Cryptologic. He has 13 times received the award for the best Computer Science textbook of the year from the Text and Academic Authors Association. In over 30 years in the field, he has been a technical contributor, technical manager, and an executive with several high-technology firms. He has designed and implemented both TCP/IP-based and OSI-based protocol suites on a variety of computers and operating systems, ranging from microcomputers to mainframes. As a consultant, he has advised government agencies, computer and software vendors, and major users on the design, selection, and use of networking software and products. He created and maintains the Computer Science Student Resource Site at ComputerScienceStudent.com. This site provides documents and links on a variety of subjects of general interest to computer science students (and professionals). He is a member of the editorial board of Cryptologia, a scholarly journal devoted to all aspects of cryptology. Dr. Stallings holds a Ph.D. from MIT in Computer Science and a B.S. from Notre Dame in electrical engineering.

Brief Contents



Introduction

Part I: Cryptography

Symmetric Encryption and Message
Public-Key Cryptography and Message
Key Distribution and User Authentication
Network Access Control and Cloud Security
Transport-Level Security
Wireless Network Security
Electronic Mail Security
IP Security

Part III: System Security

Malicious Software
Intruders
Firewalls

APPENDICES

Appendix A Some Aspects of Number Theory
Appendix B Projects for Teaching Network Security