Computer Security

An introduction to the principles and practices of computer security in various computing environments. Conventional encryption systems and classical cryptography. Confidentiality using conventional encryption. Public key encryption and protocols for authentication and digital signa-tures. Recent cryptanalytic attacks on conventional and public key sys-tems. Intruders, viruses, and trusted systems. Firewalls and internetwork security. A survey of applications and problems arising in contemporary computer security.

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