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Title: Java Network Security (The Itso Networking Series) by Robert Macgregor, Dave Durbin, John Owlett, Andrew Yeomans, Robert MacGregor ISBN: 0-13-761529-9 Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Pub. Date: 01 January, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.99

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Average Customer Rating: 1 (2 reviews)

Rating: 1
Summary: Pure theoretical and impractical
Comment: This is kind of books PhD academy probably likes the most - lot's of talk, nothing practical.
What authors do is talk endlessly about different security aspects (both general and Java-related)
showing no working code at all (oh, sorry, they do - let me find those 2 pages ..)
I see this book as a bunch of security definitions ( "what is class loader, what is class file
verifier, what is SSL and what is firewall" ) and that's not too much, folks.

Authors even spend time describing some sophisticated security and cryptography packages
developed by IBM (they're naturally IBM-biased in the examples), but whoops - they're
not available for download, IBM internal usage only ! Who cares ..

To summarize, that's an outdated "security for dummies" book, 90% of which are pure theoretical
discussions and it only fits those who see much bigger challenge in writing technical
papers than in developing working code.

P.S.
"Java Security : Hostile Applets, Holes & Antidotes" was written in 1996 and
it's even more dated than this book but I guess I learned more from it.

Rating: 1
Summary: Disordered collection of tips
Comment: The idea if making this book is good. The result is a disordered collection of tips. The structure is disordered and disappointing. I suggest the authors would follow a different structure like that of a "security services one". This book like it is is very disappointing. You have the impression that there is no start and no end to the arguments either.