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Digital Certificates: Applied Internet Security [With Contains a Complete System for Controlling...]

AUTHOR Williams, Peter; Feghhi, Jalal
PUBLISHER Addison-Wesley Professional (10/09/1998)
PRODUCT TYPE Paperback (Paperback)
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A digital certificate is a form of electronic identification. Many security-based products on the Internet are based around digital certificates, which bind the identity of a person or device to a public key. They are part of an open standard solution developed by Netscape, Microsoft, VISA, IBM and other companies and protocols agreed by VISA and Mastercard for secure electronic transactions make extensive use of digital certificates. This book provides a thorough guide to digital certificates.
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ISBN-13: 9780201309805
ISBN-10: 0201309807
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 480
Carton Quantity: 8
Product Dimensions: 7.35 x 0.99 x 9.25 inches
Weight: 1.82 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents, Illustrated
Country of Origin: US
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BISAC Categories
Computers | Internet - Online Safety & Privacy
Dewey Decimal: 005.8
Library of Congress Control Number: 98022330
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Digital certificates, a new form of electronic ID, is a new security technology that establishes a digital identity for a person or a company and guarantees the authenticity of information delivered over the Web or via email. This title explores all of the critical aspects of digital certificates in detail and provides basic information on cryptography. The CD-ROM contains a complete system for controlling access to information on the Internet based on digital certificate technology.
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Digital certificates bind a cryptographic key with one or more attributes of a user. Issued by certification authorities, the certificates protect the Internet by assuring the authenticity of network messages. This technology and its underlying digital signatures are now helping fuel the deployment of electronic commerce on the Internet. Internet users, developers, administrators, and corporate buyers need to have a solid understanding of certificate-based security systems in order to harness their potential.

Digital Certificates: Applied Internet Security is a detailed and practical guide to understanding and working with this important technology. It presents an overview of digital certificates and their role in Internet security, a detailed description of the technologyis inner workings, and a look at the business infrastructure that is essential to its effective utilization. Practical throughout, this book features numerous examples from actual Internet applications to illustrate concepts and demonstrate how the technology works under real-world conditions.

In this comprehensive book you will find:

  • Essential background information on Internet security and cryptography fundamentals
  • Detailed information about digital certificates, the X.509 standard, and Public Key Infrastructures
  • Coverage of Web Browser security, trust-based software management for downloadable code (Java applets, JavaScript, and ActiveX controls), secure e-mail, Web server security, and access control
  • A discussion of the certificate-related security features of Netscape and Microsoft Web browsers, Netscape Messenger, Microsoft Outlook Express, and S/MIME, ASN.1, PKCS, SET, and SSL standards
  • Information on trusted third parties, accountability and reliability, and certification practice statements
  • Coverage of certificate authority service providers, local registration authorities, and security management solutions, based on VeriSign personal and server certificates, VeriSign OnSite enterprise solutions, and Microsoft Certificate Server 1.0

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A digital certificate is a form of electronic identification. Many security-based products on the Internet are based around digital certificates, which bind the identity of a person or device to a public key. They are part of an open standard solution developed by Netscape, Microsoft, VISA, IBM and other companies and protocols agreed by VISA and Mastercard for secure electronic transactions make extensive use of digital certificates. This book provides a thorough guide to digital certificates.
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Author: Williams, Peter
Peter Williams is an internationally renowned Bach scholar and performer. He was Professor of Performance Practice and the first Director of the Russell Collection of Harpsichords at the University of Edinburgh, Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor at Duke University N. C., and is currently John Bird Professor at the University of Wales, Cardiff. He has written numerous books on the organ, organ history and organ repertoire. The first edition of The Organ Music of J. S. Bach was published in 1980 (vols I and II) and 1984 (vol. III).
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