Computer Security: Principles and Practice | 
 enlarge | Authors: William Stallings, Lawrie Brown
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
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Pages: 880
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.9
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 7.1 x 1.3
ISBN: 0136004245
Dewey Decimal Number: 005
EAN: 9780136004240
ASIN: 0136004245
Publication Date: August 12, 2007
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Product Description
For courses in Computer/Network Security. In recent years, the need for education in computer security and related topics has grown dramatically -- and is essential for anyone studying Computer Science or Computer Engineering. This is the only text available to provide integrated, comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of the broad range of topics in this subject. In addition to an extensive pedagogical program, the book provides unparalleled support for both research and modeling projects, giving students a broader perspective. The Text and Academic Authors Association have named Computer Security: Principles and Practice the winner of the Textbook Excellence Award for the best Computer Science textbook of 2008. Visit Stallings Companion Website at http://williamstallings.com/CompSec/CompSec1e.html for student and instructor resources and his Computer Science Student Resource site http://williamstallings.com/StudentSupport.html Password protected instructor resources can be accessed here by clicking on the Resources Tab to view downloadable files. (Registration required) Supplements Include: *Power Point Lecture Slides*Instructor's Manual*Author maintained website .
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 Okay content but they need to hire a proof-reader June 7, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The content is okay. I would prefer some more detail and less "fluff" that's been pulled from old papers about security. My main complaint about this book is the sheer number of misspellings and typos. For example, I've just read one section that says "see section E" for further detail. There isn't a section "E" -- contextually, you can determine quickly that they mean section "D". I feel like I'm reading someone's draft and not a final product.
Also, most modern books include either a self-testing CD or a web site where you can quiz yourself. If you're using this book for self-study (as opposed to being in a class), it's difficult to gauge how well you're retaining the information. This book does not include a CD. It does, however have a companion web site but I was unable to find a self-assessment tool on that website.
 minimal maths treatment April 13, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Stallings and Brown directs the book at a computer professional, who might be a programmer or system administrator. The book deliberately minimises the mathematical aspects. Much of the topic consists of layers above sophisticated encryption algorithms. Alas, a detailed treatment of the latter often requires heavy math background. If you do desire such a treatment, I recommend Matt Bishop's Introduction to Computer Security. That book was deprecated by some reviewers, who found it too mathematical.
Anyway, back to Stallings and Brown. It does proffer good technical explanations of various malware. Like worms and viruses. And attack modes like Denial of Service, and Distributed Denial of Service. Important variants are also covered - reflector and amplifier attacks.
Countermeasures to malware then naturally enter the narrative. So you learn how a firewall functions. Plus how to set up a honeypot to attract spam, phishing and malware.
So far, the above might be regarded as external attacks on your system. Sometimes, worms or viruses might try to take advantage of weaknesses in installed programs. Hence, another section of the book is for those of you who write such programs. Explaining how to guard against buffer and stack overflows, for example. These 2 are perhaps the most common entry points for malware.
High level book on computer security lacks sufficient detail September 30, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The author of this book also wrote the widely used text "Cryptography and Network Security". I like that book well enough, but you have to use outside resources to understand what's going on in that book, and I would say that is even more true for this textbook. That is because the author is basically taking subjects discussed in the Cryptography and Network Security book and adding topics like management issues and security of specific operating systems - without getting specific enough that you could actually solve too many problems. To me the best parts of the book are the appendices. The information on number theory is quite good, as are the suggestions for projects and labs. Unfortunately, this book does not contain sufficient information to perform those projects and labs. The contents make a good starting point for the study of computer security, but if you are an instructor be prepared to use lots of supplemental material or your students are going to be left high and dry. Currently the table of contents is not shown, so I include it next. This book is just under 900 pages long, so its 24 chapters are covering their subject matter in under 40 pages each, which does not give much room for detail.
Chapter 1 Overview
PART ONE COMPUTER SECURITY TECHNOLOGY AND PRINCIPLES
Chapter 2 Cryptographic Tools
Chapter 3 User Authentication
Chapter 4 Access Control
Chapter 5 Database Security
Chapter 6 Intrusion Detection
Appendix 6A:The Base-Rate Fallacy
Chapter 7 Malicious Software
Chapter 8 Denial of Service
Chapter 9 Firewalls and Intrusion Prevention Systems
Chapter 10 Trusted Computing and Multilevel Security
PART TWO SOFTWARE SECURITY
Chapter 11 Buffer Overflow
Chapter 12 Other Software Security Issues
PART THREE MANAGEMENT ISSUES
Chapter 13 Physical and Infrastructure Security
Chapter 14 Human Factors
Appendix 14A: Security Awareness Standard of Good Practice
Appendix 14B: Security Policy Standard of Good Practice
Chapter 15 Security Auditing
Chapter 16 IT Security Management and Risk Assessment
Chapter 17 IT Security Controls, Plans and Procedures
Chapter 18 Legal and Ethical Aspects
Appendix 18A: Information Privacy Standard of Good Practice
PART FOUR CRYPTOGRAPHIC ALGORITHMS
Chapter 19 Symmetric Encryption and Message Confidentiality
Chapter 20 Public-Key Cryptography and Message Authentication
PART FIVE INTERNET SECURITY
Chapter 21 Internet Security Protocols and Standards
Chapter 22 Internet Authentication Applications
PART SIX OPERATING SYSTEM SECURITY
Chapter 23 Linux Security
Chapter 24 Windows Security
APPENDICES
Appendix A Some Aspects of Number Theory
A.1 Prime and Relatively Prime Numbers
A.2 Modular Arithmetic
A.3 Fermat's and Euler's Theorems
Appendix B Random and Pseudorandom Number Generation
B.1 The Use of Random Numbers
B.2 Pseudorandom Number Generators (PRNGs)
B.3 True Random Number Generators
Appendix C Projects for Teaching Computer Security
C.1 Research Projects
C.2 Programming Projects
C.3 Laboratory Exercises
C.4 Writing Assignments
C.5 Reading/Report Assignments
ONLINE APPENDICES
Appendix D Standards and Standard-Setting Organizations
Appendix E TCP/IP Protocol Architecture
Appendix F Glossary
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