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Building Secure and Reliable Network Applications Kenneth P. Birman 1996 | 591 pages ISBN: 137195842 |
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$58.00 | Hardbound print book | |
DESCRIPTION
As the "network is the computer" slogan becomes reality so reliability and security of networked applications become more important. Not only are hospitals, air traffic control systems, and telephone networks becoming more networked, but business applications are increasingly based on the open world of the Internet. Stability in the face of minor accidents, software or hardware failures, or outright attack has become vital. This book provides a structured approach to the technologies currently available for building reliable solutions to these problems.
Building Secure and Reliable Network Applications reviews the most important network technologies from a security and reliability perspective and discusses the most effective solutions with an eye towards their application to real-world systems. Any computing professional who works with networked software will find this book valuable in understanding security and reliability vulnerabilities and how to address them.
What's inside:
- Components of a reliable networked computing system
- Reliability of Web and related Internet technologies
- How and why networked systems fail
- Techniques for making systems secure and reliable
- Retrofitting reliability into existing applications
WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THIS BOOK...
"... a must read for anyone wishing to know the state of the art
in reliability ."
--Dalia Malki, AT&T Labs
"... tackles the difficult problem of building reliable distributed
computing systems in a way that not only presents the principles but also
describes proven practical solutions."
--John Warne, BNR Europe
ABOUT THE AUTHOR...
Ken Birman is an authority on reliable and secure distributed computing and the lead developer of the ISIS system used by over 300 companies worldwide. A Professor of Computer Science at Cornell University, he is also Editor-in-Chief of ACM Transactions on Computer Systems.