Internet Security

By Garry S. Howard

Information is the most valuable commodity in today's business world. And in this age of electronic access, not taking precautions to protect this hard-earned commodity is a very dangerous risk. This... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1559587474
• ISBN13: 9781559587471
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group, The
• Length: 414 Pages
• Weight: 1.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Best Introduction book on the topic.

This book is easy to read, filled with interesting background, and filled with helpful diagrams.I read it two times. The first to get a grasp of the rather complex technologies. The second, to get an appreciation for the culture surrounding hackers, viruses, and the industry that seeks to stop them.It helped me get a promotion, and I'm not computer literate. Two thumbs up! Della Sanchez

Excellent Primer on Encryption

Excellent Primer on Encryption, also digital signatures.Easy to read, with lots of charts and illustrations.The information on PGP was particularly helpfull.

Quite Interesting Reading

Excellent disussion of the potential for government and largecompanies to become Big Brothers. The author gives the example of agovernment agent who sees valuable corporate data. He asks the question, "who could resist the urge to sell valuable secrets for money?"Its kind of a profound question, one that the J Edgers can't answer. With "page 28" torn out of every report with government doing the investigations -- its not likely that any victim of Big Brother espionage would know who stoled their secrets.I highly recommend this book to all who have been violated on AOL. The author talks about the harm that actually comes to victims of hacking and e-mail violation.I rate it an 8 on a scale of 1 to 10.

Interesting Stories

The book goes beyond the Internet, also discussing other forms of electronic violations and defenses.This book also raises many interesting points dealing with privacy, security and freedom of speech. The points make for good debating points for students and advocates of the 1st, 4th and even the 6th Amendment.I like the book's coverage of the Telecomm Reform Act of 1996.

Excellent Info on AOHell

This is one of the only books that discusses the program "AOHell" that tormented many users during the mid-90s.The program allowed hackers to pretend to be AOL officials, solicit funds, knock users off line, and even violate their e-mail boxes.I know somebody who's e-mail was violated on AOL, and the online service didn't know much about it. They should have probably read the book.This book also tells the story about how the U.S. government is attempting to outlaw our ability to use strong encryption, and how the treat of bad law forces consumers to keep on top of this issue. There is some analysis, and discussion of the history of government and large businesses. The conclusion reached by the author and any reasonable person: unless you equip yourself with defenses, there is no security or privacy online.I heard the author on the radio recently, and he talked about how Congress seems to be now siding with high-tech industry (which is pro-encryption), but that our "friends" in trench-coats are still trying to keep American citizens from protecting their businesses and private affairs.Good book. I would strongly recommend it to anybody who believes in NOT questioning authority. When you are done with this book, you go well beyond the "questioning" level.