Ubiquitous computing is about distributed systems with a difference. It is about hundreds and thousands of computers embedded in everyday devices (such as phones, washing machines, TVs, heating sytems, smartcards, etc) communicating with each other over ad--hoc wireless networks. Series: Wiley Series in Communications Networking & Distributed Systems. Num Pages: 268 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: URD; URY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 250 x 168 x 20. Weight in Grams: 598. . 2002. 1st Edition. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Security for Ubiquitous Computing
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Publication Date: 2002
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0470844930
ISBN 13: 9780470844939
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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* Ubiquitous computing refers to computers embedded in everyday devices communicating with each other over ad-hoc wireless networks
* Focuses on two very hot topics: ad-hoc wireless networking and security
* Covers security issues for well-established and widely used technologies such as GSM, Bluetooth, and IP
* Presents a framework to make sense of the many and varied issues at stake, a taxonomy of the major problems and in-depth discussion of some specific, cutting-edge solutions
* Includes a primer on security and the basics of cryptography
* Describes the security issues in "peer-to-peer networking," a new technology that is gaining prominence in the media with applications such as Napster and ICQ Chat

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Frank Stajano is the author of Security for Ubiquitous Computing , published by Wiley.

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