Cryptology and network security

Best-selling author and two-time winner of the TEXTY award for the best computer science and engineering text, William Stallings provides a practical survey of both the principles and practice of cryptography and network security.

Extensively reorganized to provide the optimal sequence for classroom instruction and self-study, the second edition includes these key features.

• Looks at system-level security issues, including the threat of and countermeasures for intruders and viruses, and the use of firewalls and trusted systems
  
• NEW - discussion of block cipher design principles, plus coverage of Blowfish, CAST-128, Triple DES, and other algorithms
  
• NEW - Chapters on IP security and Web security
  
• Expanded coverage of public-key encryption algorithms and design principles, including RSA and elliptic curve cryptography
  
• Covers important network security tools and applications, including Kerberos, X.509v3, PGP, S/MIME, IP security, SSL/TLS, and SET
  
• On-line transparency masters, an Internet mailing list, and links to relevant web sites are available

Table of contents :

1. Overview

I. Conventional Encryption

2. Conventional Encryption: Classical Techniques

3. Conventional Encryption: Modern Techniques

4. Conventional Encryption: Algorithms

5. Confidentiality Using Conventional Encryption

II. Public-Key Encryption and Hash Functions

6. Public-Key Cryptography

7. Introduction to Number Theory

8. Message Authentication and Hash Functions

9. Hash and Mac Algorithms

10. Digital Signatures and Authentication

III. Network Security Practice

11. Authentication Applications

12. Electronic Mail Security

13. IP Security

14. Web Security

IV. System Security

15. Intruders, Viruses, and Worms

16. Firewalls

Appendix A. Projects for Teaching Cryptography and Network Security