Network Security with OpenSSL
by John Viega, Pravir Chandra, Matt Messier
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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 show more financial transactions. The library is the only free, full-featured SSL implementation for C and show lessTags
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John Viega is CTO of the SaaS Business Unit at McAfee, and was previously the company's Chief Security Architect. He is an active advisor to several security companies, including Fortify and Bit9, and is the author of a number of security books, including Beautiful Security and Network Security with OpenSSL (both O'Reilly), and Building Secure show more Software (Addison-Wesley). show less
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- Technology, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
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- 005.8 — Computer science, information & general works Computer science, knowledge & systems Artificial Intelligence/Virtual Reality Computer Security
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- TK5105.59 .V54 — Technology Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear Telecommunication
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