Introduction to computer and network security: navigating shades of gray

Choice Reviews Online · 2014

Brief History of Computers, Communications, and Security Pre-Renaissance Renaissance to World War I World War I World War II Cold War Organized Crime and Botnets Cyberwar Security and Privacy Overview Security Attributes Social Engineering Authentication and Authorization Access Permissions Audit User Interface Issues On Trusting Trust Taxonomy of Attacks Case Study-Mobile Code Case Study-Connected Vehicles Cryptography Primer Substitution Ciphers and Frequency Analysis Vignere Cipher and Cryptanalysis Block Ciphers RSA Public Key Cryptography Hash Functions One-Time Pads Key Management Message Confidentiality Steganography Obfuscation and Homomorphic Encryption SSL/TLS-Case Study Project Cryptographic Protocol Verification DNS and Routing X.509 and SSL Certificates Security Flaws With Certificates Man-in-the-Middle Attacks Implementation Flaws Usability Securing Networks Firewalls Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) Wireless Security Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) Denial of Service Virtual Private Network-Case Study Project Laboratory Preparation Assignment Virtual Machine (VM) Use Sniffer Use VPN Installation Insertion Attacks SQL Injection Buffer Overflow Attack Printer Format Vulnerability SSH Insertion Attacks IDS Insertion Attacks Viruses Worms Virus and Worm Propagation Buffer Overflow-Case Study Project Stack Smashing Heap Smashing Arc Injection Pointer Clobbering Countermeasures Polymorphic Virus-Advanced Case Study Project Virus Basics Antivirus Pseudovirus with Alternate Data Streams Simple Virus-Timid Infection Spreading Self-Modifying Code Simple Polymorphism Packing and Encryption Frankenstein Viruses Web Security Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Cross Site Request Forgery (XSRF, CSRF) Man-in-the-Browser Penetration Testing Privacy and Anonymity Anonymity Metrics Anonymity Tools Computer Forensics Tools Privacy Laws Privacy Discussion Assignments-Antonin Scalia Side-Channel Attacks Power Analysis Traffic Analysis Time Analysis Red-Black Separation Side-Channel Countermeasures Digital Rights Management and Copyright Copyright History Fair Use Creative Commons Digital Rights Management Digital Millennium Copyright Act The Darknet Patent Trolls Discussion Assignment-Business Case for DRM Discussion Assignment-Technical Case for DRM Security Economics Liability and EULAs Network Externalities Code Bloat Lemon Markets Software Engineering Macroeconomics and Game Theory Introduction Conclusions Bibliography Index Problems and a Glossary appear at the end of each chapter.

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