Is the book Network Security any good?
Has anyone read the book "Network Security Private Communication in a PUBLIC World" yet? It's by Charlie Kaufman, Radia Perlman, and Mike Speciner, and has a copyright date of this year. Is it good? What's the level? Patrick _______________________________________________________________________ / These opinions are mine, and not Verity's (except by coincidence;). \ | (\ | | Patrick J. Horgan Verity Inc. \\ Have | | patrick@verity.com 1550 Plymouth Street \\ _ Sword | | Phone : (415)960-7600 Mountain View \\/ Will | | FAX : (415)960-7750 California 94303 _/\\ Travel | \___________________________________________________________\)__________/
Has anyone read the book "Network Security Private Communication in a PUBLIC World" yet? It's by Charlie Kaufman, Radia Perlman, and Mike Speciner, and has a copyright date of this year.
Its pretty good on security and structure of protocols. Makes a good companion to the Schneier book. I use it frequently. It does have some very irritating assertions concerning ASN.1 however, specifically concerning its use in Kerberos. I consider Kerberos's use of ASN.1 to be far superior than the alternative suggested which is pure lossage. Lambasting the use of ASN.1 is fair game but arguments over wasted bytes miss the point of ASN.1 and the BER encoding entirely. It would make a usefull course book. Phill
hallam@w3.org writes:
It does have some very irritating assertions concerning ASN.1 however, specifically concerning its use in Kerberos. I consider Kerberos's use of ASN.1 to be far superior than the alternative suggested which is pure lossage.
I've heard people associated with the decision to use ASN.1 in Kerberos V say it was a mistake. Frankly, I think ASN.1 is a blight which should be exterminated from the planet. But we agree that the book in question is mostly good... Perry
Patrick Horgan writes:
Has anyone read the book "Network Security Private Communication in a PUBLIC World" yet? It's by Charlie Kaufman, Radia Perlman, and Mike Speciner, and has a copyright date of this year.
Is it good? What's the level?
I know a bit Charlie and have met Radia and they are both quite smart. Word from third parties is that the book is good. I haven't read it myself, though Perry
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