Computer Network Security (Hardcover)

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Product Description

A comprehensive survey of computer network security concepts, methods, and practices. This authoritative volume provides an optimal description of the principles and applications of computer network security in particular, and cyberspace security in general. The book is thematically divided into three segments: Part I describes the operation and security conditions surrounding computer networks; Part II builds from there and exposes readers to the prevailing security situation based on a constant security threat; and Part III - the core - presents readers with most of the best practices and solutions currently in use. It is intended as both a teaching tool and reference. This broad-ranging text/reference comprehensively surveys computer network security concepts, methods, and practices and covers network security tools, policies, and administrative goals in an integrated manner. It is an essential security resource for undergraduate or graduate study, practitioners in networks, and professionals who develop and maintain secure computer network systems.

About the Author

Joseph Migga Kizza is currently a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he teaches courses in computer network security, computer ethics, operating systems, digital design systems, and computer architecture. Professor Kizza has been invited to many international venues to speak on cyberspace security, cyberspace ethics, social and ethical issues and social issues in computing. In 2003, he was awarded the International IIS award for exemplary research in engineering and computing. He has published six books in computer network security and computer ethics, with one book translated into Japanese. He has also published several book chapters, and journal articles mostly on computer security and computer ethics, conducted a number of international workshops, and presented invited and conference papers. He was a 2004 Fulbright Scholar to Uganda. He is a UNESCO expert in Information Technology and a member of IFIP and ACM.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 538 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (April 7, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0387204733
• ISBN-13: 978-0387204734
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.5 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,831,711 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Worst Security Manual Ever, June 20, 2008

By	S. Khanna - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is the only book I bought during graduate school (with the exception of a Motorola manual) and it was god awful. I wish I could go back an unbuy it. I only bought it because my professor wrote it and the man is an idiot. I learned nothing from the two classes I had to take from him. He couldn't even explain the basics of Shortest Path.

One of the students discovered that eight pages of this book were word for word verbatim taken from a Microsoft manual. The book doesn't go into any actual details on real security issues, but repeats rhetoric and buzz-words throughout the entirety of the book.

If your class requires this book, drop the class. I guarantee the class will be totally worthless.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars concepts more enduring than implementations of code, September 5, 2005

By	W Boudville (Terra, Sol 3) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Kizza gives the reader a very lucid and comprehensive education in current computer network security issues. Plus, the discussion is not limited to a particular network tool. While the book does usefully describe various key software packages (many of them open source and free!), it is also good at a conceptual level. So that you can understand the basic principles. Perhaps even to write your own.

What this means is that it's not the book for explaining the nuances of the very latest Nessus, for example. Look elsewhere for that. But it also means that this book can keep its value far longer. The concepts are the key to the book, and they are more likely to endure in new implementations of code.