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Author Du, Wenliang, author

Title Computer & internet security : a hands-on approach / Wenliang Du
Edition Second edition
Published [Place of publication not identified] : Independently published, [2019]
©2019

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Description xxx, 657 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents pt. 1: Software security -- Set-UID programs -- Environment variables and attacks -- Shellshock attack -- Buffer overflow attack -- Return-to-libc attack -- Format string vulnerability -- Race condition vulnerability -- Dirty COW -- Reverse shell -- pt. 2: Web security -- Cross-site request forgery -- Cross-site scripting attack -- SQL injection attack -- pt. 3: Hardware security -- Meltdown attack -- Spectre attack -- pt. 4: Network security -- Packet sniffing and spoofing -- Attacks on the TCP protocol -- Firewall -- Domain name system (DNS) and attacks -- Virtual private network -- The heartbleed bug and attack -- pt. 5: Cryptography -- Secret-key encryption -- One-way hash function -- Public key cryptography -- Public key infrastructure -- Transport layer security -- Bitcoin and blockchain
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 645-657)
Subject Computer security
Internet -- Security measures
User-centered system design
Computer networks -- Security measures
Computer Security
Computer networks -- Security measures.
Computer security.
Internet -- Security measures.
User-centered system design.
ISBN 9781733003933
1733003932
Other Titles Computer and internet security