Computer & Internet Security: A Hands-on Approach

Teaching computer and network security principles via hands-on activities Unique among computer security texts, the Second Edition of the Computer & Internet Security: A Hands-on Approach builds on the author’s long tradition of teaching this complex subject through a hands-on approach. For each security principle, the book uses a series of hands-on activities to help explain the principle, readers can “touch”, play with, and experiment with the principle, instead of just reading about it. The hands-on activities are based on the author’s widely adopted SEED Labs , which have been used by over 1000 institutes in more than 65 countries. Topics covered in the book – Software security: attacks and countermeasures – Web security: attacks and countermeasures – Network security: attacks on TCP/IP and DNS – Packet sniffing and spoofing – Firewall and Virtual Private Network (VPN) – Newly discovered attacks, including Meltdown and Spectre attacks on CPUs, Dirty COW, Shellshock, Heartbleed, Hash collision, etc. – Common hacking and defense techniques – Cryptography, PKI, and TLS programming – Bitcoin and Blockchain