Books on Security

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General

Computer Security Basics, 2nd ed.
Rick Lehtinen, Deborah Russell, and G.T. Gangemi, Sr.; O'Reilly; 2006
Network Security: Private Communication in a Public World, 2nd ed.
by Charlie Kaufman, Radia Perlman, and Mike Speciner; Prentice Hall PTR; 2002
Practical UNIX & Internet Security, 3rd ed.
Simson Garfinkel, Gene Spafford, and Alan Schwartz; O'Reilly; 2003
Securing Windows NT/2000 Servers for the Internet
Stefan Norberg; O'Reilly; 2000

Cryptography

Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C, 2nd ed.
Bruce Schneier; John Wiley & Sons; 1995

Explaining Security to Nontechnical Managers

White-Hat Security Arsenal: Tackling the Threats
Aviel D. Rubin, foreword by William R. Cheswick; Addison-Wesley Professional; 2001

Firewalls

Building Internet Firewalls, 2nd ed.
Elizabeth D. Zwicky, Simon Cooper, and D. Brent Chapman; O'Reilly; 2000
Firewalls and Internet Security: Repelling the Wily Hacker, 2nd ed.
William R. Cheswick, Steven M. Bellovin, and Aviel D. Rubin; Addison-Wesley Professional; 2003
Network Intrusion Detection: An Analyst's Handbook
Stephen Northcutt; New Riders; 1999

Tools

PGP: Pretty Good Privacy
Simson Garfinkel; O'Reilly; 1994

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