Network Security Technologies [Hardcover]

Kwok T. Fung (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0849330270 | ISBN-13: 978-0849330278 | Publication Date: October 28, 2004 | Edition: 2

Network Security Technologies, Second Edition presents key security technologies from diverse fields, using a hierarchical framework that enables understanding of security components, how they relate to one another, and how they interwork. The author delivers a unique presentation of major legacy, state-of-the-art, and emerging network security technologies from all relevant areas, resulting in a useful and easy-to-follow guide. This text is unique in that it classifies technologies as basic, enhanced, integrated, and architectural as a means of associating their functional complexities, providing added insight into their interrelationships. It introduces and details security components and their relationships to each other.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 296 pages
• Publisher: Auerbach Publications; 2 edition (October 28, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0849330270
• ISBN-13: 978-0849330278
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,975,042 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars a "OK" book, March 25, 2005

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Abhijeet - See all my reviews

This review is from: Network Security Technologies (Hardcover)

Network Security Technologies is a good book for beginners who want to quick understanding of network security concepts, its classifications and its use in creation of integrated technologies. But this book is not for people who are looking for a "Complete Network Security Guide".
The text does a good job of giving a nice introduction in the first two chapters. But the depth of discussion decreases from the 3rd to 6th chapter. The author did discuss the Enhanced and Integrated Technologies nicely. But in many places, the author makes uses of technology abbreviation without give a explanation what they stand for. The author did a good job of providing table of technologies and NSA and SNAC security configuration guide in the Appendix.
Overall its an average book

5.0 out of 5 stars Gives the Basic Theoretical Understanding, March 25, 2005

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John Matlock "Gunny" (Winnemucca, NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Network Security Technologies (Hardcover)

This book is a general, but fairly high level, introduction to the concepts of computer security.

First fundamental network security functional elements are identified: confidentiality, authentication, authorization, message integrity, and non-repudiation. Each of these subjects gets a chapter in the book that presents the major legacy developments, the current state-of-the-art implementation, and some discussion on the emerging network security technologies from all relevant fields.

Following this introduction (about one third of the book) chapters on Enhanced Technologies, Integrated Technologies, Network and WLAN Architectures and vulnerabilities take up about another third.

Finally appendicies cover NSA and SNAC Router Configuration, RSA Public-Key Cryptography, and other standards and definitions.

This book is intended to be used as a textbook and a reference for network telecommunications students, network and IT staffs who have a need to better understand the basic theories, interrelationships and interworking of different security functionalities. It does not go into specific details of commercial equipment, that is covered in the users' manuals.