Web Security: A Step-by-Step
Reference Guide by Lincoln D. Stein
Every Internet Developer Needs It
Written for Web site administrators, developers, and end users, this book
is a readable, real-world guide to securing your Web site with the latest in
security technology, techniques, and tools. Lincoln D. Stein, keeper of the
official Web Security FAQ, addresses your most pressing concerns and
tells you exactly what you need to know to make your site more secure.
He offers concise explanations of essential theory; helps you analyze and
evaluate the risks that threaten your site and the privacy of your clients;
and provides concrete, step-by-step solutions, checklists of dos and
donts, on-line and off-line resources, and hardware and software tools
that guard your site against security breaches. Web Security approaches
the topic from three different points of view-protecting the end users
confidentiality and the integrity of his or her machine, protecting the Web
site from intrusion and sabotage, and protecting both from third-party
eavesdropping and tampering. You will learn about securing credit card
transactions with the SET protocol document encryption with the SSL

protocol how to guard end users against the dangers of active content
and cookies monitoring and log tools controlling access with passwords,
client certificates, and advanced login protocols remote authoring
firewalls In addition, the book offers practical advice on configuring the
operating system securely and eliminating unnecessary features that
increase vulnerability. CGI scripts introduce many of the security
problems that plague the Web, and this book shows how to avoid these
breaches with safe CGI-scripting techniques. You will also learn how to
avoid denial-of-service attacks and prevent LAN break-ins through the
Web server. After reading this book, you will have the practical
knowledge you need to ensure that your Web site, and your clients
interests, are safe from attack.
Personal Review: Web Security: A Step-by-Step Reference
Guide by Lincoln D. Stein
I've read this book twice now. Once when I first bought it and again a
couple weeks ago. My reaction after the second reading was an intense
desire to unplug every electronic device in my house - even the microwave
- and smash them with a very large hammer. Why, you ask? Because
there is no way, I repeat, NO WAY to truly, totally and completely protect
yourself from invasions to your privacy in the modern world. It almost
makes me sympathize with those radical survivalist-types.Mr. Stein clearly
and concisely lays out the hazards of surfing the web, sending and
receiving e-mail, and doing a number of other things on the Internet. He
gives a lot of the history and background of various technologies
(JavaScript, Cookies, etc.), explaining how things got the way they are
now, and where they are going in the future. He further gives practical
suggestions that anyone can implement to practice "safe surf".Web
Security contains content for systems administrators, web designers and
lay-people alike. Better yet, these sections are cleanly separated making it
easy for technical and non-technical folks to easily get to information that
most interests them. Best of all, the entire book is written in English - not
techno-babble - so you don't have to have a degree from MIT to
understand it.If you have been looking for a good introduction to security
issues on the Internet, this book is a must-have!
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