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

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