Network Security with OpenSSL: Cryptography for Secure Communications |
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Author:
John Viega,
Matt Messier,
Pravir Chandra
By O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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List Price: £28.50
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.8
EAN: 9780596002701
ISBN: 059600270X
Label: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Manufacturer: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: 2002-06-17
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Studio: O'Reilly Media, Inc. |
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If only I'd had this book six months ago!, 2002-07-16
Comment: This is the book I needed when I started developing code using OpenSSL. As it was, I struggled through using the ropey
on-line docs, combing the web for examples, and reading the source code for the "openssl" utility to try and work out how
to use it.When trying to come to grips with the OpenSSL toolkit, I searched in vain for something that provides a
simple explanation of how everything fits together. I've now come to the conclusion that there's no such thing as a simple
explanation - the subject is big enough that you just have to learn quite a lot before you can use it. But, this book comes
as close as I think you could hope for. If you're using OpenSSL, you *need* this book, it's got information on cryptography, the OpenSSL API, the toolkit,
as well as candid comments about its strengths and weaknesses. The book doesn't cover the SSL protocol: if you need that then I'd recommend the book "SSL and TLS Essentials" by Stephen
Thomas, which complements this book well, as it goes into a lot of detail on the protocol without any information at all about
the programming side.
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