Web Security, Privacy & Commerce: Security for Users, Administrators and ISPs - Softcover

Garfinkel, Simson; Spafford PH.D., Gene

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0596000456 ISBN 13: 9780596000455

Publisher: O'Reilly Media, 2001

Synopsis

Since the first edition of this classic reference was published, World Wide Web use has exploded and e-commerce has become a daily part of business and personal life. As Web use has grown, so have the threats to our security and privacy--from credit card fraud to routine invasions of privacy by marketers to web site defacements to attacks that shut down popular web sites.Web Security, Privacy & Commerce goes behind the headlines, examines the major security risks facing us today, and explains how we can minimize them. It describes risks for Windows and Unix, Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator, and a wide range of current programs and products. In vast detail, the book covers:

• Web technology--The technological underpinnings of the modern Internet and the cryptographic foundations of e-commerce are discussed, along with SSL (the Secure Sockets Layer), the significance of the PKI (Public Key Infrastructure), and digital identification, including passwords, digital signatures, and biometrics.
• Web privacy and security for users--Learn the real risks to user privacy, including cookies, log files, identity theft, spam, web logs, and web bugs, and the most common risk, users' own willingness to provide e-commerce sites with personal information. Hostile mobile code in plug-ins, ActiveX controls, Java applets, and JavaScript, Flash, and Shockwave programs are also covered.
• Web server security--Administrators and service providers discover how to secure their systems and web services. Topics include CGI, PHP, SSL certificates, law enforcement issues, and more.
• Web content security--Zero in on web publishing issues for content providers, including intellectual property, copyright and trademark issues, P3P and privacy policies, digital payments, client-side digital signatures, code signing, pornography filtering and PICS, and other controls on web content.

Nearly double the size of the first edition, this completely updated volume is destined to be the definitive reference on Web security risks and the techniques and technologies you can use to protect your privacy, your organization, your system, and your network.

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Review

"Before you read anything else about Internet security, read this book....Highly Recommended." -- Major Keary, PC Update, July 2002

"Well researched and expertly written....Analysts involved with web security are well-advised to add this book to their library." -- Patrick Mueller Information Security, March 2002

"a fascinating read...." -- Martha Retallick, The Journal of the Tucson Computer Society, June 2002

A good reference book to have -- Industrial Networking & Open Control, Feb 2002

Anyone considering use of the Web for commercial purposes, no matter how large or small, should study it. Highly Recommended. -- Major Keary, PC Update, July 2002

Whether you run a Web site or are concerned about security for your PC at home, Web Security, Privacy & Commerce is a must read. -- Ben Rothke, UnixReview.com, March 2002

From the Publisher

This much expanded new edition explores web security risks and how to minimize them. Aimed at web users, administrators, and content providers, Web Security, Privacy & Commerce covers cryptography, SSL, the Public Key Infrastructure, digital signatures, digital certificates, privacy threats (cookies, log files, web logs, web bugs), hostile mobile code, and web publishing (intellectual property, P3P, digital payments, client-side digital signatures, code signing, PICS).

Edition details

• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0596000456
• ISBN 13: 9780596000455
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 786