Learning more about authentication and passwords

Tue Jul 29 13:37:16 UTC 2003

On 7/29/2003 at 04:37:01 -0400, Sean Donelan said:
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> 
> If you would like to learn more about the strengths and weaknesses
> of various authentication methods, I highly recommend the book
> 
> Authentication: From Passwords to Public Keys
> by Richard E. Smith ISBN: 0201615991
> 

I'll add:

Network Security: Private Communication in a Public World
by Charlie Kaufman, Radia Perlman, Mike Speciner, Charles Kaufman 
Prentice Hall PTR
ISBN: 0130460192 

I have not read the 2nd Edition, but the 1st was excellent.

-- 
Dave Israel
Director, Data Engineering
Allegiance Telecom