Computer & Internet Security: A Hands-on Approach

Computer & Internet Security: A Hands-on Approach

<b>Teaching computer and network security principles via hands-on activities</b><br>Unique among computer security texts, the Second Edition of the Computer & Internet Security: A Hands-on Approach builds on the author’s long tradition of teaching this complex subject through a hands-on approach. For each security principle, the book uses a series of hands-on activities to help explain the principle; readers can "touch", play with, and experiment with the principle, instead of just reading about it. The hands-on activities are based on the author's widely adopted <b>SEED Labs</b>, which have been used by over 1000 institutes in more than 65 countries. <br><br><b>Topics covered in the book</b><br>- Software security: attacks and countermeasures<br>- Web security: attacks and countermeasures<br>- Network security: attacks on TCP/IP and DNS<br> - Packet sniffing and spoofing<br>- Firewall and Virtual Private Network (VPN)<br> - Newly discovered attacks, including Meltdown and Spectre attacks on CPUs, Dirty COW, Shellshock, Heartbleed, Hash collision, etc.<br>- Common hacking and defense techniques<br>- Cryptography, PKI, and TLS programming<br>- Bitcoin and Blockchain<br><br>