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| Web Security Sourcebook | 
| Authors: Aviel D. Rubin, Daniel Geer, Marcus Ranum
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (6 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1056333
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 368
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 047118148X
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.8
EAN: 9780471181484
ASIN: 047118148X
Publication Date: June 24, 1997
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Product Description
"The authors . . . bring wide-ranging experience to this work, moving from theory to hands-on, bit-shoveling practical advice." -Steven M. Bellovin
A serious security sourcebook for Web professionals and users.
The front door is unlocked and wide open. The alarm's not working and no one's home. All of your valuables, money, and intimate details of your life are just sitting inside, waiting to be taken. No, it's not your house . . . it's your computer.
The Web now penetrates every aspect of our lives, from the home PC to the business office. But with each advance in convenience comes a geometric increase in vulnerability to the integrity of data and software as well as to the confidentiality of information. Although the flaws inherent in the Web are real, solutions are available. Let Aviel Rubin, Daniel Geer, and Marcus Ranum give you the answers.
Here's a book that's valuable today and indispensable for the future. It includes basic and advanced techniques for client-side and server-side security, browser security, writing secure CGI scripts, firewalls, and secure e-commerce. There's a special appendix that demystifies the complex world of cryptography. And the book comes with access to a dedicated Web site containing up-to-the-minute information on the latest security threats and solutions.
So whether you're a Webmaster trying to close the door on sites and applications, or an everyday user hoping to keep your desktop safe, this is your essential source on:
* Protecting and securing Web pages, search engines, servers, and browsers
* Writing impregnable applets and scripts, and avoiding the dangers inherent in every language
* Using (and abusing) firewalls and cryptographic controls
* Securing commerce and payment transactions
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 The Web Security Sourcebook January 22, 2001
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is an excellent "all-topics" covered book about web security. The book covers both server and client side considerations, as well as deployment issues (e.g., position of web servers and firewalls). The authors are among the most qualified security pundits in the industry - Marcus Ranum practically invented the firewall, and explains in lay terms the factors that influence web and server firewall deployment. Dan Geer and Aviel Rubin make outstanding contributions as well.
 Too bad this was not more professionally written. October 18, 1998
7 out of 13 found this review helpful
This one could have been a contender. Too bad that three authors invested so much time and still could not pull off a professional product. Too bad that their editrs were so sloppy as to leave in way too many typographical errors and usage errors. In addition, it seems that they were more than a bit sloppy in leaving way too many loose ends and innuendoes. They make assumptions on too many points that a simple phone call could have revealed much more information. (e.g. How does Netscape store passwd information??)
an excellent hands-on guide August 20, 1998
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Before reading this book, I thought I understood the important security issues on the web. Boy was I wrong. This book is an excellent guide to the real dangers on the web and how to protect yourself. It is easy reading, although in some parts I found it to be a bit too technical. However, it sure is nice to know that I'm reading something where the authors really know what they are talking about, unlike many technical books that you find nowadays.
Not for a beginner!! Too Technical May 22, 1998
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
I'm not going to get very wordy, but the book starts out good for the non-technical person but rapidly gets way over the beginner's head. This book is definitely oriented for Systems Administrators and Network Engineers.
adequate primer that reeks of the authors' personalities January 23, 1998
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
The coverage of technical issues was adequate for the beginner. I was disappointed at having to fend off what seemed like one or more typographical errors per page. Ranum's infatuation with his own eccentricity and overeagerness to engage in name-dropping muddy the book just as they plague his technical conference participation.
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