Securing IM and P2P Applications for the Enterprise

Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-1-59749-017-7
Verlag: Syngress

Buch, Englisch, 650 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 670 g

This book is for system administrators and security professionals who need to bring now ubiquitous IM and P2P applications under their control. Many businesses are now taking advantage of the speed and efficiency offered by both IM and P2P applications, yet are completely ill-equipped to deal with the management and security ramifications.

These companies are now finding out the hard way that these applications which have infiltrated their networks are now the prime targets for malicious network traffic. This book will provide specific information for IT professionals to protect themselves from these vulnerabilities at both the network and application layers by identifying and blocking this malicious traffic.

Zielgruppe

IT professionals

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sachs, Marcus

Piccard, Paul

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Logik, formale Sprachen, Automaten
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Computerkommunikation & -vernetzung Netzwerksicherheit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Instant messaging Applications; Introduction; AOL Instant Messanger; Yahoo! messanger; MSN Messanger; ICQ; Trillian, Google Talk, and Web-based Clients; Skype; Part II: Peer to Peer Networks; Introduction; Gnutella Architecture; eDonkey and eMule; BitTorrent; FastTrack; part III: Internet Chat Relays; IRC Networks and Security; Global IRC Security; Common IRC Clients by OS; Index