Hardcover. * 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 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. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Title: Security for Ubiquitous Computing (Hardcover)
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, New York
Publication Date: 2002
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0470844930
ISBN 13: 9780470844939
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
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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