Internet Security for Your Macintosh: A Guide for the Rest of Us - Brossura

Oppenheimer, Alan B.; Whitaker, Charles Harris

 
9780201749694: Internet Security for Your Macintosh: A Guide for the Rest of Us

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Two Macintosh pros introduce general computer security principles and discuss how to secure Internet services and enhance overall security. Advanced topics include home networking, wireless networking, and securing the new Mac OS X. A companion website is available. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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ALAN B. OPPENHEIMER graduated from M.I.T in 1983, writing his thesis on a new networking technology called Ethernet. Upon arriving at Apple Computer, he became part of a team working to create the network for a new computer called the Macintosh. Alan was responsible for many of AppleTalk's protocols; in both the Macintosh and the LaserWriter printer. Alan also worked on AppleShare, the Apple Internet Router, and Apple Remote Access, and is coauthor of the book Inside AppleTalk, the definitive reference on the AppleTalk network system. Alan left Apple to found Open Door Networks Inc. in January 1995. In addition to providing Macintosh-based Internet access and Web hosting, Alan helped establish Open Door as a Macintosh Internet utilities company, focusing on AppleTalk-to-IP migration and Internet security. Alan and Open Door created such products as ShareWay IP (used by Apple to implement Mac OS 9's TCP/IP File Sharing), the DoorStop Personal Firewall (licensed by Symantec for use in their Norton Personal Firewall), and the Who's There? Firewall Advisor. Alan lives in beautiful Ashland, Oregon, with his beautiful wife Priscilla and their cat Kingsford. CHARLES H.WHITAKER received his B.A. in computer science from University of California, Berkeley, in 1982. He worked at Informix for the next five years; porting the Informix product line to various Unix platforms. In 1989, he became a principal partner in the Multimedia Shop and helped write Microsoft's Cinemania '94 for the Macintosh. Charles then founded Perspicacity Inc. and spent several years publishing Macintosh software. In 1998, he joined Open Door Networks as a technical writer, tester, and Webmaster. Charles lives in lovely Ashland, Oregon, with his lovely wife Cheryl and their two cats.

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9780613910897: Macintosh Internet Security: A Guide for the Rest of Us

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ISBN 10:  0613910893 ISBN 13:  9780613910897
Casa editrice: Tandem Library, 2001
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