Table of Contents

Computer Security Basics, 2nd Edition
By Rick Lehtinen
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Publisher: O'Reilly
Pub Date: June 2006
Print ISBN-10: 0-596-00669-1
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-59-600669-3
Pages: 310

Table of Contents  | Index

		Copyright
		Preface
		Part PART I:  Security for Today
			Chapter 1.  Introduction
				Section 1.1.  The New Insecurity
				Section 1.2.  What Is Computer Security?
				Section 1.3.  Threats to Security
				Section 1.4.  Why Buy Security?
				Section 1.5.  What's a User to Do?
				Section 1.6.  Summary
			Chapter 2.  Some Security History
				Section 2.1.  Information and Its Controls
				Section 2.2.  Computer Security: Then and Now
				Section 2.3.  Early Computer Security Efforts
				Section 2.4.  Building Toward Standardization
				Section 2.5.  Computer Security Mandates and Legislation
				Section 2.6.  Summary
		Part PART II:  Computer Security
			Chapter 3.  Computer System Security and Access Controls
				Section 3.1.  What Makes a System Secure?
				Section 3.2.  System Access: Logging into Your System
				Section 3.3.  Summary
			Chapter 4.  Viruses and Other Wildlife
				Section 4.1.  Financial Effects of Malicious Programs
				Section 4.2.  Viruses and Public Health
				Section 4.3.  Viruses, Worms, and Trojans (Oh, My!)
				Section 4.4.  Who Writes Viruses?
				Section 4.5.  Remedies
				Section 4.6.  The Virus Hype
				Section 4.7.  An Ounce of Prevention
				Section 4.8.  Summary
			Chapter 5.  Establishing and Maintaining a Security Policy
				Section 5.1.  Administrative Security
				Section 5.2.  Overall Planning and Administration
				Section 5.3.  Day-to-Day Administration
				Section 5.4.  Separation of Duties
				Section 5.5.  Summary
			Chapter 6.  Web Attacks and Internet Vulnerabilities
				Section 6.1.  About the Internet
				Section 6.2.  What Are the Network Protocols?
				Section 6.3.  The Fragile Web
				Section 6.4.  Summary
		Part PART III:  Communications Security
			Chapter 7.  Encryption
				Section 7.1.  Some History
				Section 7.2.  What Is Encryption?
				Section 7.3.  The Data Encryption Standard
				Section 7.4.  Other Cryptographic Algorithms
				Section 7.5.  Message Authentication
				Section 7.6.  Government Cryptographic Programs
				Section 7.7.  Cryptographic Export Restrictions
				Section 7.8.  Summary
			Chapter 8.  Communications and Network Security
				Section 8.1.  What Makes Communication Secure?
				Section 8.2.  Modems
				Section 8.3.  Networks
				Section 8.4.  Network Security
				Section 8.5.  Summary
		Part PART IV:  Other Types of Security
			Chapter 9.  Physical Security and Biometrics
				Section 9.1.  Physical Security
				Section 9.2.  Locks and Keys: Old and New
				Section 9.3.  Biometrics
				Section 9.4.  Gentle Reminder
				Section 9.5.  Summary
			Chapter 10.  Wireless Network Security
				Section 10.1.  How We Got Here
				Section 10.2.  Today's Wireless Infrastructure
				Section 10.3.  How Wireless Works
				Section 10.4.  Playing the Fields
				Section 10.5.  What Is This dB Stuff?
				Section 10.6.  Why Does All This Matter?
				Section 10.7.  Encouraging Diversity
				Section 10.8.  Physical Layer Wireless Attacks
				Section 10.9.  Summary
		Part PART V:  Appendixes
			OSI Model
			TEMPEST
				Section B.1.  The Problem of Emanations
				Section B.2.  The TEMPEST Program
				Section B.3.  TEMPEST Standards
				Section B.4.  Hard As You Try
			The Orange Book, FIPS PUBS, and the Common Criteria
				Section C.1.  About the Orange Book
				Section C.2.  Rating by the Book
				Section C.3.  Summary of Orange Book Classes
				Section C.4.  FIPS by the Numbers
				Section C.5.  I Don't Want You Smelling My Fish
		About the Author
		Colophon
		Index