Computers / Security Books

In this title the authors discuss the practical issues of secure communications, including cryptographic techniques, applied-number theory, authentication, and integrity. It also covers existing Internet mechanisms used to increase network security as well as extensions to NetWare and to X.400. There is a good overview of encrypted communications and authentication as used on the Internet.

Renown hacker Mitnick offer his unique take on the world of hacking and high cyber-crimes. Punctuated with vignettes that romanticize the hack as art form, the book uses these cautionary tales to lay out guidelines that any computer-dependent company can follow to keep its data safe from intruders. The author was once described by the FBI as the most dangerous cyber-criminal alive.

In this straightforward how-to manual, an encryption expert outlines how to protect computer networks from internal and external threats.