This volume highlights and addresses several key challenges in the area of Network Security. Covered is a comprehensive array of topics including secure metering, group key management, denial-of-service attacks, routing and intrusion detection and many more. The book contains eleven peer reviewed chapters, authored by prominent researchers from around the globe. Although the topics do not cover every aspect of network security, they do represent the most fundamental and practical techniques. Network Security should be of interest to researchers and network security experts in the field.
Author(s): Carlo Blundo, Stelvio Cimato, Barbara Masucci (auth.), Scott C.-H. Huang, David MacCallum, Ding-Zhu Du (eds.)
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer US
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 280
Tags: Coding and Information Theory; Data Structures, Cryptology and Information Theory; Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems; Data Encryption; Computer Communication Networks
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Secure Metering Schemes....Pages 1-32
A Cryptographic Framework for the Controlled Release Of Certified Data....Pages 33-56
Scalable Group Key Management for Secure Multicast: A Taxonomy and New Directions....Pages 57-75
Web Forms and Untraceable DDoS Attacks....Pages 77-95
Mechanical Verification of Cryptographic Protocols....Pages 97-115
Routing Security in Ad Hoc Wireless Networks....Pages 117-142
Insider Threat Assessment: Model, Analysis and Tool....Pages 143-174
Toward Automated Intrusion Alert Analysis....Pages 175-205
Conventional Cryptographic Primitives....Pages 207-227
Efficient Trapdoor-Based Client Puzzle Against DoS Attacks....Pages 229-249
Attacks and Countermeasures in Sensor Networks: A Survey....Pages 251-272
Back Matter....Pages 273-280
