Information about books in 2008

This webpage presents links to a selection of security-related text- and reference books that I have read and consider to provide a solid treatment of many of the topics examined in this unit. If you're considering one or more of these books, you're welcome to borrow my copy for a short time (such to demand).

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The strongly recommended textbook for 2008
	Computer Security: Principles and Practice William Stallings and Lawrie Brown Copyright 2008, pp880 ISBN: 9780135137116.
Some introductory textbooks on Computer Security
	Computer Security: Art and Science Matt Bishop Addison Wesley Copyright 2003, 1136 pp. ISBN 0-201-44099-7. (This very large, but expensive, text probably does not cover something, but I haven't found it yet)
	Security in Computing, 4/e Charles P. Pfleeger and Shari Lawrence Pfleeger Prentice-Hall Copyright 2007, 880 pp. ISBN 0132390779.
Books on computer system security
	SELinux - NSA's Open Source Security Enhanced Linux By Bill McCarty, First Edition October 2004 , ISBN 10: 0-596-00716-7 254 pages.
Introductory books on network security
Introductory books on cryptography and its applications
	Cryptgraphy Decrypted Doris M. Baker, H. X. Mel, H. X. Mel Publisher: Addison Wesley Professional Published: Dec 2000 ISBN: 0201616475 384 pages. (much of this book appears to be freely downloadable) from the authors' website
	Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C, 2/e Bruce Schneier Publisher: Wiley November 1995 ISBN: 0-471-11709-9 784 pages.
	Practical Cryptography Niels Ferguson, Bruce Schneier Publisher: Wiley April 2003 ISBN: 0-471-22357-3 432 pages.
Introductory books on building secure software
	Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems Ross J. Anderson Publisher: Wiley March 2001 ISBN: 0-471-38922-6 640 pages.
	Building Secure Software Gary McGraw & John Viega Publisher: Addison Wesley Professional Series: Addison-Wesley Software Security Series Published: Sep 24, 2001 Copyright 2002 ISBN: 020172152X 528 pages.
	Software Security: Building Security In Gary McGraw Publisher: Addison Wesley Professional Series: Addison-Wesley Software Security Series Published: Jan 23, 2006 Copyright 2006 ISBN: 0321356705 448 pages.
	Secure Programming with Static Analysis Brian Chess & Jacob West, Publisher: Addison Wesley Professional, ISBN13: 9780321424778, ISBN10: 0321424778, 624 pages, Published: July 2007.