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Inside Java 2 Platform Security, by Li Gong
by J mizer - January 23, 2002 at 23:18:48:
This book is targeted primarily to serious Java programmers and security professionals who want to understand Java security issues from both a architectural as well as from a design and implementation perspective. Since Java 2 security is policy based it must be managed by system administrators as part of enterprise security. The goal of the book is to equip the reader with a understanding of the overall picture of systems and network security in the context of the internet environment. The other role of the book is to compare how various technologies relate to each other. The author is concerned not only about giving a comprehensive description of the architecture, and language features, such as APIs and security policy, he also gives productive helpful code examples and examples of common mistakes One assumption the author makes is the reader is already familiar with the Java language, and therefore does not cover the language basics.The book is organized in eight chapters. The first chapter is a general background on computer, network and information security. The next three chapters are the technical body and give a introduction into security and the architecture of JDK 1.2. The next three chapters concentrate on applications demonstrations, and usage examples. The last chapter is a look ahead at future directions for Java security. Each chapter starts with a quotation. The quotation for chapter one is credited to Robert T Morris. " The three golden rules to ensure computer security are: do not own a computer; do not power it on; and do not use it.
The book was written at the same time JDK 1.2 was being developed by the "Chief Java Security Architect at Sun" Li Gong has covered almost every security feature in Java 2. The book is published by Addison Wesley ISBN number 0-201-31000-7. The list price is $34.95 in the US. This book is in the series published by Sun Microsystems was first printed in 1999.
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