
Network Security with OpenSSL (sách keo gáy, bìa mềm)
Categories:Computers - Networking
Year:2002
Edition:1
Language:english
Pages:338
OpenSSL is a free implementation of the SSL/TLS protocol, which is the
most widely used protocol for secure network communications. This
library can be used programmatically, and can be used from the command
line to secure most TCP-based network protocols.OpenSSL is also a
general-purpose cryptographic library with implementations of RSA, DSA,
and DH public key algorithms; various message digest algorithms, such as
MD5, SHA1, and RIPE-MD160; and a wide variety of symmetric ciphers,
including 3DES, RC4, IDEA, and many others (the upcoming 0.9.7 release
contains support for AES, the Advanced Encryption Standard). Support for
X.509 certificates, various PKCS standards, and S/MIME v2 for secure
electronic mail is also included. Instead of getting bogged down in the
technical details of how SSL works under the hood, this book provides
only the information that is necessary to use OpenSSL safely and
effectively. The reader is taken step by step from understanding the
challenges faced in communicating securely to using the OpenSSL tools to
best meet those challenges. System and network administrators will
benefit from the thorough treatment of the OpenSSL command-line
interface, as well as from step-by-step directions for obtaining
certificates and setting up their own certification authority.
Developers will benefit from the in-depth discussions and examples of
how to use OpenSSL in their own programs. Although OpenSSL is written in
C, information on how to use OpenSSL with Perl, Python, and PHP is also
included.