Excellent, but dated
This is an excellent book on web security.It is dated, but has a ton of good info nonetheless.
An Excellent Primer
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!
Every Internet Developer needs it
Before reading the book always thought that what are the ways to secure the confidential info on your web site? This book will gives you a answers to all the question. After reading the book now understands how and why? Every Project Lead plus Project Manager involved in anykind of Web development needs to have this book in their shelves.
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excellent for starters
Explains the basics of Web Security very well. Discusses public keys, SSL, certificates and related issues in plain English; provides meaningful figures/diagrams. Nice book to own and have handy on your bookshelf.
