Book Description
Cryptography, the science of secret writing, is the biggest, baddest security tool in the application programmer’s arsenal. Cryptography provides three services that are crucial in secure programming. These include a cryptographic cipher that protects the secrecy of your data; cryptographic certificates, which prove identity (authentication); and digital signatures, which ensure your data has not been damaged or tampered with. This book covers cryptographic programming in Java. Java 1.1 and Java 1.2 provide extensive support for cryptography with an elegant architecture, the Java Cryptography Architecture (JCA). Another set of classes, the Java Cryptography Extension (JCE), provides additional cryptographic functionality. This book covers the JCA and the JCE from top to bottom, describing the use of the cryptographic classes as well as their innards. The book is designed for moderately experienced Java programmers who want to learn how to build cryptography into their applications. No prior knowledge of cryptography is assumed. The book is peppered with useful examples, ranging from simple demonstrations in the first chapter to full-blown applications in later chapters. Topics include:

* The Java Cryptography Architecture (JCA)
* The Java Cryptography Extension (JCE)
* Cryptographic providers
* The Sun key management tools
* Message digests, digital signatures, and certificates (X509v3)
* Block and stream ciphers
* Implementations of the ElGamal signature and cipher algorithms
* A network talk application that encrypts all data sent over the network
* An email application that encrypts its messages

* Covers the latest version of the ISO SQL standard (SQL-99) and gives readers information they need to know about the differences in vendor-specific SQL implementations including Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, and IBM DB2
* Knowledge of this ubiquitous database programming language is becoming more critical as IT departments move toward more integrated heterogeneous platforms
* Covers growing use of SQL with Web services and XML
* CD-ROM includes a complete sample database and trial versions of major relational database management software

* Router Configuration and File Management
* Router Management
* User Access and Privilege Levels
* TACACS+
* IP Routing
* RIP
* EIGRP
* OSPF
* BGP
* Frame Relay
* Queueing and Congestion
* Tunnels and VPNs
* Dial Backup
* NTP and Time
* DLSw
* Router Interfaces and Media
* Simple Network Management Protocol
* Logging
* Access Lists
* DHCP
* NAT
* Hot Standby Router Protocol
* IP Multicast

From the Back Cover
Are you ready to build more responsive web applications with richer UI elements? This detailed guide to the Microsoft AJAX Library shows you how to bring together ASP.NET 2.0 with an object-oriented approach to JavaScript development using this new framework from Microsoft. You’ll gain an in-depth understanding of the ASP.NET AJAX architecture, including the server controls, client-side JavaScript library, and runtime environment. By following the numerous examples, you’ll see how much your users benefit from this new class of web applications that manipulate the browser’s DOM and communicate with the server to update the user’s view of a page without waiting for the entire page to be refreshed.

Written by Microsoft’s lead ASP.NET AJAX developer together with an in-the-field Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional), this book guides you through the core of the Microsoft AJAX Library and the controls you will use to leverage AJAX. It provides you with code samples to take advantage of some of the popular shared-source ASP.NET AJAX Toolkit controls and extensions. And you’ll work through debugging functionality in Visual Studio® and the browser as well as methods for effective testing.

What you will learn from this book

* How to create a better user experience by adding more dynamic UIs
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Steps for accessing ASP.NET profile and authentication services
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Ways to simplify programming tasks using the Microsoft AJAX Library
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Strategies for testing web applications to achieve optimal performance
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Methods for developing custom AJAX controls

Who this book is for

This book is for experienced ASP.NET developers who want to add AJAX to their applications. It is also for experienced web developers who want to move to ASP.NET and AJAX together.

Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real-world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.

* Snort is the world’s most widely deployed open source intrusion-detection system, with more than 500,000 downloads-a package that can perform protocol analysis, handle content searching and matching, and detect a variety of attacks and probes
* Drawing on years of security experience and multiple Snort implementations, the authors guide readers through installation, configuration, and management of Snort in a busy operations environment
* No experience with intrusion detection systems (IDS) required
* Shows network administrators how to plan an IDS implementation, identify how Snort fits into a security management environment, deploy Snort on Linux and Windows systems, understand and create Snort detection rules, generate reports with ACID and other tools, and discover the nature and source of attacks in real time
* CD-ROM includes Snort, ACID, and a variety of management tools

* Remain connected to the office in airports and hotels
* Access the Internet and other network resources in the lunchroom, conference room, or anywhere there’s an access point
* Use your PDA or laptop to query your database from the warehouse or the boardroom
* Check e-mail wirelessly when you’re on the road
* Get rid of the cable clutter in your office

Wireless Networks For Dummies was coauthored by Barry D. Lewis, CISSP, and Peter T. Davis, who also coauthored Computer Security For Dummies. Barry Lewis is president of an information security consulting firm and an internationally known leader of security seminars. Peter Davis is founder of a firm specializing in the security, audit, and control of information. Together, they cut through the cables, clutter, and confusion and help you:

* Get off to a quick start and get mobile with IrDA (Infrared Data Association) and Bluetooth
* Perform a site survey and select the right standard, mode, access point, channel and antenna
* Check online to verify degree of interoperability of devices from various vendors
* Install clients and set up roaming
* Combat security threats such as war driving, jamming, hijacking, and man-in-the-middle attacks
* Implement security and controls such as MAC (Media Access Control) and protocol filtering, WEP (Wireless Equivalent Privacy), WPA, (Wi-Fi Protected Access), EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol), and VPN (Virtual Private Network)
* Set up multiple access points to form a larger wireless network

Complete with suggestions of places to get connected, Web sites where you can get more information, tools you can use to monitor and improve security, and more, Wireless Networks For Dummies helps you pull the plug and go wireless!

* Clear and concise information on database administration with Oracle 10g
* Practical examples and insights drawn from the authors’ real-world experiences
* Leading-edge exam preparation software, including a test engine and electronic flashcards

You’ll also find authoritative coverage of key exam topics, including:

* Installing Oracle Database 10g Software
* Creating and Controlling Oracle Databases
* Administering Users
* Managing Schema Objects and Data
* Implementing Oracle Security Features
* Monitoring Performance
* Performing Database Backup and Recovery

Look to Sybex for the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in today’s competitive IT marketplace

If so, then The Principles of Beautiful Web Design is for you. A simple, easy-to-follow guide, illustrated with plenty of full-color examples, this book will lead you through the process of creating great designs from start to finish. Good design principles are not rocket science, and using the information contained in this book will help you create stunning web sites.

# Understand the design process, from discovery to implementation
# Understand what makes “good design”
# Developing pleasing layouts using grids, the rule of thirds, balance and symmetry
# Use color effectively, develop color schemes and create a palette
# Use textures, lines, points, shapes, volumes and depth
# Learn how good typography can make ordinary designs look great
# Effective imagery: choosing, editing and placing images
# And much more

Throughout the book, you’ll follow an example design, from concept to completion, learning along the way.

Get up to speed in Visual C++ in a flash with these instant answers to your programming questions. Visual C++ 6 For Dummies Quick Reference is the fast and friendly way to get the most from your C++ programming for the Windows 95 and Windows 98 environments without having to spend hours on end poring through dense reference books. Besides, you’ve got better things to do, like creating cool Windows applications! Visual C++ 6 For Dummies Quick Reference is divided by sections into subject areas and then alphabetized for easy reference. The book’s lay-flat design keeps the book open to the page you’re reading. From a quick review of C++ basics to creating new applications, building and debugging projects, implementing user controls, and performing error handling to scripting help files, you’ll find everything you absolutely need to know at a glance. Confused by syntax issues on constants, arrays, or variables? Looking for fast solutions to writing reusable object-oriented code? Need a quick refresher on C++ operators and the Microsoft Foundation Class that comes with C++? With this book, the information you need is all right at your fingertips!
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