Developing Secure Distributed Systems with CORBA

Ulrich Lang · Rudolf Schreiner

ene 2002 · Artech House

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This book is a clearly written, well structured hands-on guide for the professional software developer and engineer who needs to build secure applications with CORBA. It offers guidance securing CORBA applications, integrating security infastructure with COBRA applications, evaluating the security effectiveness of distributed applications, and MICOSec CORBA security implementation. Professionals get a comprehensive study of CORBA security architecture, providing a better understanding of its goals and limitations. It serves as a complete reference for understanding security in distributed systems. The book generously illustrates the usage of the MICOSec CORBA security services implementation, including important information on the installation and configuration of MICOSec, usage of two different kinds of application-facing interfaces, and the configuration of CORBA security not containing any security-related modifications.

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Ulrich Lang received his M.Sc. in Information Security from Royal Holloway College, at the University of London. Before that, he studied computer science with management at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, Germany. Mr. Lang is a researcher at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory, co-founder and Research Director of ObjectSecurity Ltd. Rudolf Schreiner received his Dipl.-Phys. from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich (Germany) in 1993. Mr. Schreiner is co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of ObjectSecurity Ltd., a consultancy specialized in distributed systems security. Before his career at ObjectSecurity Ltd., he worked as a freelance programmer and consultant on various computer security projects.