When the first edition of this book was published in 1989, the Internet was only used by serious computer professionals, and computer crime was a rarity. Not anymore! This sweeping revision has all new coverage of viruses, worms, Trojan horses, firewalls, private e-mail, new encryption technologies and more.
Charles P. Pfleeger is a master security architect at Exodus Communications, Inc. He has worked on security projects in Europe and Australia as well as in the USA. He has also spent 14 years as a professor of computer science at the University of Tennessee. Dr. Pfleeger is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University, and holds a Ph. D. in Computer Science from Pennsylvania State University.