Inside Java™ 2 Platform Security, the definitive and comprehensive guide to the Java security platform, has been thoroughly updated to reflect key additions and revisions to Java security technologies currently in use by leading technology companies. This second edition, penned by the Java experts at Sun Microsystems, provides a detailed look into the central workings of the Java security architecture and describes tools and techniques for successful implementation on even the most demanding network computing environment.

While Java has always provided a stronger security model than other platforms, this book reviews all the methods and practices required to improve security without sacrificing functionality. With tips on how to customize, extend, and refine the Java security architecture, users will have everything they need to protect their information assets from both external and internal threats.

This book's in-depth coverage encompasses security architecture, deployment, customization, new developments, and much more.

• Security fundamentals

• Secure class loading

• Specifying fine-grained security policy

• Enforcing security policy with AccessController, SecurityManager, and more

• Digital certificates, certification paths, signed code, JAAS, and other authentication measures

• Java-based cryptography with code examples

• JSSE, Java GSS-API, and RMI for network security

• Previews of other platforms for security, including Java Card, J2ME and Jini

Designed for both the system administrator and software practitioner, this book delivers vital knowledge for building and maintaining a secure system using the Java 2 platform. With detailed code and usage examples throughout, Inside Java™ 2 Platform Security, Second Edition, is an indispensable resource for all platform security needs.

The Java™ Series is supported, endorsed, and authored by the creators of the Java technology at Sun Microsystems, Inc. It is the official place to go for complete, expert, and definitive information on Java technology. The books in this Series provide the inside information you need to build effective, robust, and portable applications and applets. The Series is an indispensable resource for anyone targeting the Java™ 2 platform.

Amazon.com® Reader Reviews (Ranked by Helpfulness)

Average Amazon.com® Rating:  Based on 13 Ratings

Go and buy this book - 2003-10-06
Reviewer Rating:
If you are new to Java, then you shouldn't buy this book.
If you are new to security, then you shouldn't buy this book.
If you prefer loads of examples instead of dense and precise explanations, then you shouldn't buy this book.
If you are looking for a pictorial guide on Java security, then you would probably have to go somewhere else as well.

However...

If you know your Java basics,
If you like completeness,
If you like preciseness,
If you want to know why the APIs look the way they do,
If you take nothing for granted,
If you want an update on latest changes,
If you like things to be drawn in a historical perspective,
If you want a book that you can pick up and read a chapter without having to go through it in a linear way,
If you are serious about security,
In that case you should now pick up your coat, and run to the nearest bookstore to buy this book.

The only thing I found odd in this book is the introduction into security, covering a discussion in general, and an overview of different types of security and access control models. The weird thing is that it introduces a lot of concepts, without actually refering to any of them in the chapters later on.

Required Reading for Java Security - 2003-08-04
Reviewer Rating:
The second edition is the most up-to-date Java security book for j2se v 1.4.x. A must-required reading for Java security platform written by Sun's Java security team. It describes the nuts and bolts in a readable language. Highly recommended.

Good book - Needs a complete revision from J2SE 1.4.2 - 2006-03-21
Reviewer Rating:
This book is certainly gives good introduction to the fundamentals of Java security. For those new to Java security, there is also brief intro to security of the Java language and platform. The coverage on Java Security APIs are bit narrow and needs lot of update on JCE, JAAS, JSSE etc.
Frankly speaking this book is a bit obsolete and now it's for the authors to come out with a new edition including Java 5 and Java 6 !

Guardrails for JDK 1.2 - 2003-07-28
Reviewer Rating:
If you are a Java developer, please read this book. It is complete in terms of the security hooks and accurate. It is a great book, deserving of five stars.

A complete coverage, but very complex and bad organized book - 2008-02-16
Reviewer Rating:
In fact this book is a complete coverage of the java security.
It is true, that the subject is quite complex and needs concentration
to be understood perfectly. However I believe this books lacks suitable examples.
In my personal point of view, providing sufficient clear examples in a book,
will help the reader to understand better the subject.
I didn't find this important quality in this book.
If somebody wants to buy a book about Java security, this
means that he/she didn't understand completely the whole subject, just
by reading the API on Sun web site and therefore he/she is looking for
a better source of information that illustrates the subject in a more
convenient and clear way. Unfortunately this book, although complete
in the coverage of the topics, is too far a way to be considered as a clear
and easy understanding book, particularly, for those who are not already
seniors in Java security.

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