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Network Security Technologies

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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

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.