This work covers secure Web transactions with "Secure Socket Layer" (SSL) encryption "Transport Layer Security" (TLS). It contains the complete documentation of SSL, plus coverage of the IETF's "Transport Layer Security" (TLS) and Microsoft's "Server Gated Cryptography" (SGC).

The book includes more than 80 figures and illustrations to supplement its text, and it describes SSL in the context of real-world, practical applications. Readers will immediately understand not only the academic principles behind he security protocols, but how those principles apply to their own network security challenges. The book includes: Full details of Netscape's SSL and the IETF's TLS protocols, with differences between the two clearl highlighted and explained A concise tutorial in cryptography Complete coverage of Netscape's International Step-Up and Microsoft's Server Gated Cryptography implementations A description of X.509 public key certificates Details on implementing backwards compatibility among previous versions of SSL and TLS A thorough security checklist with explanations of all known attacks on SSL implementations, along with appropriate countermeasures. The CD-ROM contains convenient electronic versions of the book for: Windows(r) CE handheld computers Adobe(r) Acrobat Reader for PCs Visit our Web site at www wiley.com/compbooks/

Basic Cryptography.SSL Operation.Message Formats.Advanced SSL.Appendices.References.Glossary.Index.