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Implementing SSL / TLS Using Cryptography and PKI

by Joshua Davies

ISBN: 978-0-470-92041-1

DESCRIPTION

Hands-on, practical guide to implementing SSL and TLS protocols for Internet security If you are a network professional who knows C programming, this practical book is for you. Focused on how to implement Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS), this book guides you through all necessary steps, whether or not you have a working knowledge of cryptography. The book covers SSLv2, TLS 1.0, and TLS 1.2, including implementations of the relevant cryptographic protocols, secure hashing, certificate parsing, certificate generation, and more.

Coverage includes:

• Understanding Internet Security
• Protecting against Eavesdroppers with Symmetric Cryptography
• Secure Key Exchange over an Insecure Medium with Public Key Cryptography
• Authenticating Communications Using Digital Signatures
• Creating a Network of Trust Using X.509 Certificates
• A Usable, Secure Communications Protocol: Client-Side TLS
• Adding Server-Side TLS 1.0 Support
• Advanced SSL Topics
• Adding TLS 1.2 Support to Your TLS Library
• Other Applications of SSL
• A Binary Representation of Integers: A Primer
• Installing TCPDump and OpenSSL
• Understanding the Pitfalls of SSLv2

Set up and launch a working implementation of SSL with this practical guide.

• Introduction xxvii
• Chapter 1 Understanding Internet Security 1
• Chapter 2 Protecting Against Eavesdroppers with Symmetric Cryptography 29
• Chapter 3 Secure Key Exchange over an Insecure Medium with Public Key Cryptography 91
• Chapter 4 Authenticating Communications Using Digital Signatures 157
• Chapter 5 Creating a Network of Trust Using X.509 Certifi cates 221
• Chapter 6 A Usable, Secure Communications Protocol: Client-Side TLS 297
• Chapter 7 Adding Server-Side TLS 1.0 Support 381
• Chapter 8 Advanced SSL Topics 415
• Chapter 9 Adding TLS 1.2 Support to Your TLS Library 479
• Chapter 10 Other Applications of SSL 543
• Appendix A Binary Representation of Integers: A Primer 567
• Appendix B Installing TCPDump and OpenSSL 573
• Appendix C Understanding the Pitfalls of SSLv2 579
• Index 629