Network security with OpenSSL

Resource Information

The work Network security with OpenSSL represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Network security with OpenSSL

Statement of responsibility

John Viega, Matt Messier, and Pravir Chandra

Title variation

Network security with Open secure socket layer

Creator

• Viega, John

Contributor

• Chandra, Pravir
• Messier, Matt

Subject

• Computer network protocols
• Computer networks -- Security measures
• Computer networks -- Security measures
• Electronic books
• OpenSSL
• Computer network protocols
• OpenSSL
• OpenSSL

Genre

• Electronic books

Language

eng

Summary

Most applications these days are at least somewhat network aware, but how do you protect those applications against common network security threats? Many developers are turning to OpenSSL, an open source version of SSL/TLS, which is the most widely used protocol for secure network communications. The OpenSSL library is seeing widespread adoption for web sites that require cryptographic functions to protect a broad range of sensitive information, such as credit card numbers and other financial transactions. The library is the only free, full-featured SSL implementation for C and C++, and it can be used programmatically or from the command line to secure most TCP-based network protocols.Network Security with OpenSSL enables developers to use this protocol much more effectively. Traditionally, getting something simple done in OpenSSL could easily take weeks. This concise book gives you the guidance you need to avoid pitfalls, while allowing you to take advantage of the library?s advanced features. And, instead of bogging you 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. In step-by-step fashion, the book details the challenges in securing network communications, and shows you how to use OpenSSL tools to best meet those challenges. As a system or network administrator, you 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 your own certification authority. As a developer, you will further benefit from the in-depth discussions and examples of how to use OpenSSL in your own programs. Although OpenSSL is written in C, information on how to use OpenSSL with Perl, Python and PHP is also included. OpenSSL may well answer your need to protect sensitive data. If that?s the case, Network Security with OpenSSL is the only guide available on the subject

Cataloging source

HUA

Dewey number

005.8

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

TK5105.59

LC item number

.V54 2002

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries