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This text provides a classroom-tested, practical introduction to software design and implementation, cryptographic tools, and networking issues while addressing social, economic, and political implications. It covers cutting-edge topics, such as wireless security and attacks on web sites, privacy and digital rights management, and recent work on security and economics. The text includes hands-on projects to help students better understand how computers and networks function. It also contains a number of case studies and discussion points.

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This definitive, comprehensive computer security textbook reflects Brooks's long-term study of this topic and his experience gained through teaching it. ... very well written, readily comprehensible, and thoroughly documented and annotated, and includes an extensive bibliography. ... Highly recommended. -E. M. Aupperle, emeritus, University of Michigan in CHOICE Magazine, June 2014

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Richard R. Brooks is an associate professor in the Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Clemson University. His research has been sponsored by both government and industry, including the U.S. Office of Naval Research, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, National Institute of Standards and Technology, National Science Foundation, and BMW Manufacturing Co. He received a Ph.D. in computer science from Louisiana State University.

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