1. Edition - May 2008
47.90 Euro
2008. 296 Pages, Hardcover
- Practical Approach Book -
ISBN-10: 0-470-25463-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-470-25463-9 - John Wiley & Sons






Sample Chapter

Short description
The book describes the underpinnings and technical workings of email systems today, how they can be broken and how upgrades to protocols, standards, tools, and products can be used to stop such invasions.

From the contents
Acknowledgments.

Part I Email and Security Background.

Chapter 1 Introduction.

Chapter 2 Understanding Email.

Chapter 3 Security Fundamentals.

Chapter 4 Cryptography Primer.

Part II PKI Basics.

Chapter 5 Understanding Public Key Infrastructure.

Part III Secure Email.

Chapter 6 Protecting Email Message Contents.

Chapter 7 Protecting Email Passwords, Headers, and Commands.

Part IV Tokens.

Chapter 8 Tokens and Hardware Security Modules.

Part V Case Studies.

Chapter 9 Signatures and Authentication for Everyone.

Chapter 10 Department of Defense Public Key Infrastructure, Medium Grade Service, and Common Access Card.

Chapter 11 National Institute of Standards and Technology Personal Identity Verification.

Part VI Expectations for the Future.

Chapter 12 Future Developments.

Appendix A ABNF Primer.

Appendix B ASN.1 Primer.

Appendix C MIME Primer.

Appendix D RFC Summaries.

References.

Index.