
Security Technologies for the World Wide Web, Second Edition
Rolf Oppliger(Author)
Artech House Publishers
Published in November 2002
Book
Hardback
444 pages
978-1-58053-348-5 (ISBN)
Description
An overview of all the security technologies that are relevant to the World Wide Web, Web-based applications and Web services. This second edition addresses issues related to http security, firewalls and proxy servers, cryptographic security protocols, electronic payment systems, public key infrastructures and more. It also provides a look at future developments in the field.
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Edition
Unabridged edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Norwood
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Unabridged edition
ISBN-13
978-1-58053-348-5 (9781580533485)
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Security Technologies for the World Wide Web
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Person
Rolf Oppliger is the founder and owner of eSECURITY Technologies (www.esecurity.ch) and works for the Swiss Federal Strategy Unit for Information Technology (FSUIT). He is the author of Internet and Intranet Security, Second Edition (Artech House, 2002), Secure Messaging with PGP and S/MIME (Artech House, 2001), and Authentication Systems for Secure Networks (Artech House, 1996). Dr. Oppliger is the computer security series editor at Artech House. He received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Berne, Switzerland, and the Venia legendi in computer science from the University of Zürich, Switzerland.
Content
Introduction. HTTP Security. Proxy Server and Firewalls. Cryptographic Techniques. Internet Security Protocols. SSL and TLS Protocols. Certificate Management and Public Key Infrastructures. Authentication and Authorization Infrastructures. Electronic Payment Systems. Client-side security. Server-side Security. Privacy Protection and Anonymity Services. Intellectual Proprty Protection. Censorship on the WWW. Risk Management. Conclusions and Outlook.