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Web Security

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The author seems to know his subject, however the material is poorly organized. It is perhaps useful as a supplement to to other texts on network and web security.

This book contains a lot of information about Internet security for both clients and servers using Windows platforms. Some of the information is presented very clearly, such as the explanation of how digital certificates and digital signatures work. However, many of the chapters seem a bit disorganized and there is little coherence between one topic and the next. The text in many of the graphics is also a little blurry. The various versions of digital money are treated almost too thoroughly- -almost as if Tiwana wasn't sure which digital currency would prevail and so he had to describe them all in minute detail. In the 2 years since Tiwana wrote the book, none of the digital currencies that he described have really caught on, so perhaps the depth in this section was overkill. The CD that comes with the book contains some useful freeware and trial versions of software such as the SafenSigned Digital Signature Toolkit, the APK Cookie Killing Engine, and a Network Toolbox with utilities such as finger, ping, time sync, and traceroute.

The book gives all details that are needed to bring up a secure web site from nothing. A good read for a beginner in the e-era.