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IPSec (2nd Edition) (Prentice Hall PTR Internet Infrastructure Series)
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by Naganand Doraswamy and Dan Harkins
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Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR; 2 edition March 23, 2003
Language: English
ISBN-10: 013046189X
ISBN-13: 978-0130461896
Product Dimensions:
8.7 x 7 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
Product Review
IPSec, the suite of protocols for securing any sort of traffic that moves over an Internet Protocol (IP) network, promises big things for online business. IPSec: The New Security Standard for the Internet, Intranets, and Virtual Private Networks catalogs the specifications that compose this suite and explain how they fit into intranets, virtual private networks (VPNs), and the Internet.
Authors Doraswamy and Harkins first treat IPSec as a system, explaining how its component parts work together to provide flexible security. Their approach to this task makes sense: They first explain why standard IP packets aren't secure; then they show how the IPSec improvements make secure transactions possible. Readers get full descriptions of how various network entities talk to one another. Where appropriate, concepts that aren't specific to IPSec are explained, including IPv4 and IPv6 packet structures and addressing schemes. There's some information on cryptography too.
IPSec's parts are explained individually: the Authentication Header (AH), Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP), Internet Key Exchange (IKE), and ISAKMP/Oakley protocols are detailed with lots of prose, supplemented with a smattering of packet diagrams and conceptual sketches. Sections on implementing IPSec protocols on networks remain fairly abstract and don't mention actual products, but should prove useful to programmers designing their own network security products around the IPSec specifications. --David Wall
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Book Info
Provides extensive coverage of IPSec architecture and protocols and instruction on how to deploy IPSec in Virtual Private Networks. DLC: IPSec (Computer network protocol)
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Customer Reviews & Comments
Ideally, you should understand basic crypto and have played around with VPNs before reading this book. Have you configured local, gateway, and Road Warrior VPNs before? If so, this book is ideally suited for review and for filling in any gaps in your knowledge. There are some grammatical errors, but nothing serious. Some illustrations, particularly those in the Deployment Scenarios section, don't mesh with the text and require correction to make sense. There is enough information in the text to resolve these errors and pencil in corrections, but isn't this supposed to be a second edition? Speaking of mesh, I was surprised to see no mention of the highly useful mesh equation n(n-1)/2 anywhere. Instead, a more junior-level illustration is used. A combination of both would have been more appropriate for this book. Overall, this is a useful book that will take your basic knowledge of IPSEC to the next level. 4 stars, as the book nevertheless is a productive discussion with two knowledgeable practitioners of IPSEC.
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