SSL and TLS: Designing and Building Secure Systems | 
| Author: Eric Rescorla
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
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Pages: 528
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ISBN: 0201615983
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.8
UPC: 785342615982
EAN: 9780201615982
ASIN: 0201615983
Publication Date: October 27, 2000
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Product Description
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is used in virtually every commercial web browser and server. In this book, one of the world's leading network security experts explains how SSL works -- and gives implementers step-by-step guidance and proven design patterns for building secure systems with SSL. Eric Rescorla also provides the first in-depth introduction to Transport Layer Security (TLS), the highly anticipated, maximum-security successor to SSL. Rescorla starts by introducing SSL's fundamentals: how it works, and the threats it is intended to address. One step at a time, he addresses each key SSL concept and technique, including cryptography, SSL performance optimization, designing and coding, and how to work around SSL's limitations. Rescorla demonstrates TLS at work in SMTP-based Internet security applications. The book includes detailed examples of SSL/TLS implementations, with in-depth insight into the key design choices that informed them. For all network and security designers, enterprise developers, system implementers, and suppliers of Internet security products and services.
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 An absolute must-have for anyone starting out with SSL September 4, 2007
K. Jazayeri (San Jose, CA United States)
The text is very well-written and develops the ideas exceptionally beautifully. At the very beginning, the skeleton of the SSL protocol is developed through an example - the "Toy Security Protocol". Obviously, the book is useful for practitioners, not cryptography students, but it has just enough material to give its intended audience a sense for the black art behind the stuff!
Besides introducing the specifics of SSL, there are other useful material -- one example is chapter 11 ("Contrasting Approaches") which fine-tunes one's understanding of why/when one uses SSL. Other impressive examples are chapters that discuss performance issues and programming pitfalls. There are also lots of historical notes and comments that add meaningful context to the subject material.
I had already read 2 (and a half!) other books on this subject. Early on while reading this book, I realized I have found the "definitive" guide!
A great book, still very relevant February 8, 2007
A Java Developer
This author seems to know everything, every little detail and background. All those confusing security terminologies are well explained.
fantastic August 18, 2005
Richard Casto (USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Not only is this an extremely useful book on explaining SSL/TLS, but its comparisons of those protocols to other security protocols is priceless. For example, the concise explanation of IPSec is far better than entire other books devoted to the topic. I can't recommend this highly enough!!
Great reference book March 2, 2004
Ilan Raab (Cupertino, CA United States)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a great book. Well written, good diagrams, very good overview as well as detailed data dump of the protocol. I highly recommend.
 if you're doing SSL development, you need this November 16, 2003
jose_monkey_org (ann arbor, mi, USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
simply put there is no finer book on the subject. this is to SSL and TLS what TCP/IP illustrated is to Ip networking. you wont learn much about crytography here (you'll definitely want a book on that, too), but you will learn the nuances of how SSL and TLS work. this is, to the best of my knowledge, the first such attempt at this kind of handbook. and i find it succeeds very well. rescorla's attention to detail shows in everything, and that's exatcly what a book like this needs. reccomended ...
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