Virtual Private Networks : Achieving Secure Internet Commerce and Enterprisewide Communications [Paperback]

Walter Goralski (Author), David Waclawski (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1999 | ISBN-10: 1566070678 | ISBN-13: 978-1566070676

This new CTR report examines the driving forces behind virtual private networks (VPNs) and includes an investigation of the Internet and Web's role in e-commerce, transmission control protocol/Internet protocol (TCP/IP), router networks, firewalls, and private networks. The lack of quality of service (QoS), basic security, and privacy measures in today's computing environments are also addressed. Relevant Internet and Web definitions, terms, and standards ,and security technologies such as encryption and authentication are detailed. Topics Covered Include:
Conducting Business on the Web
E-commerce Needs
QoS
Security and Privacy
Cryptography
The Basics of Encryption
Key Distribution
Hash Functions
Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
Authentication
Key Aspects of Web Server Authentication
Certificates and Certificate Authorities (CAs)
Public Key Certificates
Internet CAs
Remote Access
Terminal Access Control Access Control System (TACACS)
Remote Authentication Dial-in User Service (RADIUS)
Tunneling Protocols
Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) Protocol
Level 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP)
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP)
Firewalls
Proxy Servers
How Risky Is Java?
Build or Buy VPNs?
Implementation Issues
Managed Network Service (MNS)
VPNs and The Internet
Frame Relay (FR)
Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
User and Application Perspectives
The Future of VPNs

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Computer Technology Research Corp. (CTR) is an internationally-recognized research and publishing company. Since 1979, CTR's reports have provided information on major technologies, trends, products, companies, and markets concerning the computer industry. Our reports assist executives, users, and vendors with making strategic decisions regarding information technology products and services.

Each CTR report includes management summaries, competitive analyses, technical product evaluations, vendor marketing strategies and case studies. CTR's reports are independently researched and present unbiased, objective views, strengths and limitations of products, and insight into technology directions. The reports provide managers with the vital quality information that is needed to successfully plan large- and small-scale information technology projects.

About the Author

Walter Goralski

Walter Goralski is a technical writer based out of New York. Since 1970, he has worked for AT&T, Wang Laboratories, and Pace University. Goralski received both his undergraduate degree in Business, and graduate degree in Computer Science from Pace University in New York.

Over the years, Goralski received numerous corporate awards from both AT&T and Wang. He is the author of Introduction to ATM Networking, published by McGraw-Hill, and belongs to the IEEE and the ATM Forum.

Product Details

• Paperback: 178 pages
• Publisher: Computer Technology Research (April 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1566070678
• ISBN-13: 978-1566070676
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,133,239 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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