Introduction to Internet Security: From Basics to Beyond (Prima Online)

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Summary: Excellent Primer on Encryption
Review: Excellent Primer on Encryption, also digital signatures.

Easy to read, with lots of charts and illustrations.

The information on PGP was particularly helpfull.

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Summary: Informative, Interesting
Review: Good overview of security threats to PCs, and Internet. For every threat, the author provides information about solutions (often free software).

The chapters dealing with encyrption and how to use programs like PGP were helpful to me. The charts and illustrations made some of the more difficult concepts easy to understand.

There was also valuable information on recent legislation dealing with privacy and security on the Internet. I was amazed at how law-makers are passing laws that compromise our privacy and security.

In this book, the author indicates that e-mail violations take place all the time.

After reading this book, I decided to take action, and went out and purchased an anti-virus program. Some of my friends don't believe that hackers are a serious threat, but I do. When I first joined AOL years ago, I got several e-mail messages that had virus infections in the attachments. AOL didn't really explain how I could protect myself, and I recently checked and found that they aren't giving away free virus protection like they used to.

When you read about all the threats that are out there -- it makes you realize that everybody online is a potential target of hackers. I'm not waiting for the next virus to take my business out.

[e-mail] Boston, Mass

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Summary: Interesting Discussion on Privacy and Security
Review: Interesting Discussion on Privacy and Security

I liked the following: the book raises points of great interest to business, since secrets could not be protected if corrupt companies and governments captured them, and sold them to the highest bidder.

The book also provides information about employee rights with respect to e-mail on the job. It also talked about how a software company was penalized when they damaged an installation that was late on its bill.

The book also gives a short history of PGP, the encyrption program that helped educate everybody.

Good book for those who want a nice overview of electronic security threats and security technology.

It is very easy to read, written by somebody who seems to have a great deal of experience and understanding of the big picture. It reminded me of a book entitled, "Information Warfare" (can't remember author).

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Summary: Excellent book on Internet Security
Review: It covers security technology and privacy law, also how consumers can use free security software to protect their business secrets.

The book discussed warnings by cyber rights advocates about the threat of Big Brother government and corporations.

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Summary: Excellent book on Internet Security
Review: This book is easy to read, filled with interesting background, and filled with helpful diagrams.

I read it two times. The first to get a grasp of the rather complex technologies. The second, to get an appreciation for the culture surrounding hackers, viruses, and the industry that seeks to stop them.

It helped me get a promotion, and I'm not computer literate. Two thumbs up!

Della Sanchez