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Teaching computer and network security principles via handson activitiesUnique among computer security texts, the Second Edition of the Computer amp Internet Security A Hands-on Approach builds on the authors long tradition of teaching this complex subject through a hands-on approach. For each security principle, the book uses a series of hands-on activities to help explain the principle readers can quottouchquot, play with, and experiment with the principle, instead of just reading about it. The hands-on activities are based on the authors widely adopted SEED Labs, which have been used by over 1000 institutes in more than 65 countries. Topics covered in the book- Software security attacks and countermeasures- Web security attacks and countermeasuresNetwork security attacks on TCP or IP and DNS - Packet
sniffing and spoofing- Firewall and Virtual Private Network VPN - Newly discovered attacks, including Meltdown and Spectre attacks on CPUs, Dirty COW, Shellshock, Heartbleed, Hash collision, etc.- Common hacking and defense techniques- Cryptography, PKI, and TLS programming- Bitcoin and Blockchain