Disruptive Security Technologies with Mobile Code and Peer-to-Peer Networks

Disruptive Security Technologies with Mobile Code and Peer-to-Peer Networks

By Richard R. Brooks

Publisher: CRC
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: 2004-11-29
Sales Rank: 1832037
ISBN / ASIN: 0849322723
EAN: 9780849322723
Binding: Hardcover
Manufacturer: CRC
Studio: CRC
Average Rating: 4.5

The traditional fortress mentality of system security has proven ineffective to attacks by disruptive technologies. This is due largely to their reactive nature. Disruptive security technologies, on the other hand, are proactive in their approach to attacks. They allow systems to adapt to incoming threats, removing many of the vulnerabilities exploited by viruses and worms. Disruptive Security Technologies With Mobile Code and Peer-To-Peer Networks provides a foundation for developing these adaptive systems by describing the design principles and the fundamentals of a new security paradigm embracing disruptive technologies. In order to provide a thorough grounding, the author covers such topics as mobile code, robust peer-to-peer networks, the multi-fractal model of network flow, security automata, dependability, quality of service, mobile code paradigms, code obfuscation, and distributed adaptation techniques as part of system security. Adaptive systems allow network designers to gain equal footing with attackers. This complete guide combines a large body of literature into a single volume that is concise and up to date. With this book, computer scientists, programmers, and electrical engineers, as well as students studying network design will dramatically enhance their systems' ability to overcome potential security threats.

Review:

Broad overview

It's a broad overview of technologies, with some reasonable information about each. While it provides some data on the principles behind these technologies, and some experimental and measured results, it doesn't go too in-depth with any of them.

I can't blame it for that, considering the length and number of topics, but a man can wish. I'd love a 1000 page version of this book :-)

Five stars for the topical coverage, one star off b/c I'd prefer different aspects of some of the topics' information covered instead. E.g. mathematical results are nice, but some protocol/algorithm coverage would have been preferred in some cases. That's just me, but this is my rating :-)

Review:

Brook's Text on Disruptive Security Technologies

This text is a significant, timely and comprehensive contribution to the open body of literature in cyber security. The title is well organized and easy to read.

F.T. Sheldon, Sr. Research Staff Member, ORNL http://www.ioc.ornl.gov.pass: gigapedia.org

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