Cryptography

Chey Cobb - Collection For Dummies

324 pages, parution le 04/02/2004

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Résumé

Cryptography is the most effective way to achieve data security and is essential to e-commerce activities such as online shopping, stock trading, and banking.

This invaluable introduction to the basics of encryption covers everything from the terminology used in the field to specific technologies to the pros and cons of different implementations.

Discusses specific technologies that incorporate cryptography in their design, such as authentication methods, wireless encryption, e-commerce, and smart cards.

Based entirely on real-world issues and situations, the material provides instructions for already available technologies that readers can put to work immediately.

Expert author Chey Cobb is retired from the NRO, where she held a Top Secret security clearance, instructed employees of the CIA and NSA on computer security and helped develop the computer security policies used by all U.S. intelligence agencies.

L'auteur - Chey Cobb

Chey Cobb, CISSP, has trained CIA and NSA personnel in computer security, held a Top Secret clearance for the U.S. intelligence community, and helped develop government security policies and procedures.

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Introduction

Crypto Basics & What You Really Need to Know
- A Primer on Crypto Basics
- Major League Algorithms
- Deciding What You Really Need
- Locks and Keys

Public Key Infrastructure
- The PKI Primer
- PKI Bits and Pieces
- All Keyed Up!

Putting Encryption Technologies to Work for You
- Securing E-Mail from Prying Eyes
- File and Storage Strategies
- Authentication Systems
- Secure E-Commerce
- Virtual Private Network (VPN) Encryption
- Wireless Encryption Basics

The part of Tens
- The Ten Best Encryption Web Sites
- The Ten Most Commonly Misunderstood Encryption Terms
- Cryptography Do's and Don'ts
- Ten Principles of "Cryptiquette"
- Ten Very Useful Encryption Products

Appendixes
- Appendix A Cryptographic Attacks
- Appendix B Glossary
- Appendix C Encryption Export Controls

Index

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Wiley
Auteur(s)	Chey Cobb
Collection	For Dummies
Parution	04/02/2004
Nb. de pages	324
Format	18,6 x 23,2
Couverture	Broché
Poids	500g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780764541889
ISBN13	978-0-7645-4188-9