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Re: Learning more about authentication and passwords

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jason Dixon)
Tue Jul 29 09:40:56 2003

From: Jason Dixon <jason@dixongroup.net>
To: davei@algx.net
Cc: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <16166.30860.620984.307030@biohazard.demon.algx.net>
Date: 29 Jul 2003 09:40:27 -0400
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu


On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 09:37, Dave Israel wrote:
> On 7/29/2003 at 04:37:01 -0400, Sean Donelan said:
> > 
> > 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.

I *have* read the 2nd Edition, and highly recommend it.  Hi Dave.  :)

-J.


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