Network Security

Huang, Scott C. H. (EDT); MacCallum, David (EDT); Du, Ding-Zhu (EDT)

ISBN 10: 0387738207 / ISBN 13: 9780387738208

Published by Springer, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Network Security
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0387738207
• ISBN 13: 9780387738208
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Over the past two decades, network technologies have been remarkably renovated and computer networks, particularly the Internet, have permeated into every facet of our daily lives. These changes also brought about new challenges, particularly in the area of security. Network security is essential to protect data integrity, con?d- tiality, access control, authentication, user privacy, and so on. All of these aspects are critical to provide fundamental network functionalities. This book covers a comprehensive array of topics in network security including secure metering, group key management, DDoS attacks, and many others. It can be used as a handy reference book for researchers, educators, graduate students, as well as professionals in the ?eld of network security. This book contains 11 r- ereed chapters from prominent researchers working in this area around the globe. Although these selected topics could not cover every aspect, they do represent the most fundamental and practical techniques. This book has been made possible by the great efforts and contributions of many people. First, we thank the authors of each chapter for contributing informative and insightful chapters. Then, we thank all reviewers for their invaluable comments and suggestions that improved the quality of this book. Finally, we thank the staff m- bers from Springer for publishing this work. Besides, we would like to dedicate this book to our families.

From the Back Cover

This volume highlights and addresses several key challenges in the area of Network Security. Covered is a comprehensive array of topics including secure metering, group key management, denial-of-service attacks, routing and intrusion detection and many more. The book contains eleven peer reviewed chapters, authored by prominent researchers from around the globe. Although the topics do not cover every aspect of network security, they do represent the most fundamental and practical techniques. Network Security should be of interest to researchers and network security experts in the field.