Book details of 'Developing Secure Distributed Systems with CORBA'

Title	Developing Secure Distributed Systems with CORBA
Author(s)	Ulrich Lang, Rudolf Schreiner
ISBN	1580532950
Language	English
Published	February 2002
Publisher	Artech House

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Reviewer Rob Slade wrote:
Chapter one is an introduction, but it very quickly gets into CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) jargon, and C++ API calls. The explanations could be written with more clarity for outsiders. Security is first defined, in chapter two, in terms of restricting access, but the authors are not clear about whether they are primarily concerned with integrity or confidentiality. The material then goes on to a good overview of security management basics and a very brief outline of some security concerns in the CORBA environment. The lead- in to the CORBA security architecture, in chapter three, is a lengthy discussion of the benefits of flexibility, abstraction, and simplicity: the authors then note that the CORBA architecture is not simple. MICO, an open source CORBA compliant object request broker, has a security component (MICOsec), and chapter four is dedicated mostly to installation instructions. Chapter five looks at programming CORBA level one security, using MICOsec and C++, while chapter six takes a longer look at the more complex level two requirements. CORBA security does have support for applications that do not contain any security provisions (a rather interesting concept), and these are reviewed in chapter seven. CORBA security is not widely understood, and this work can assist both those needing a conceptual idea of the system and those needing to program with it. copyright Robert M. Slade, 2003
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This new book is a clearly written, well structured guide to building secure distributed applications with CORBA. It helps securing CORBA applications, integrating security infrastructure with CORBA applications, and evaluating the security effectiveness of distributed applications. You get a comprehensive study of the CORBA security architecture, providing you with a better understanding of its goals and limitations. It serves as your complete reference for understanding security in distributed systems. The book also generously illustrates the usage of the MICOSec CORBA security services implementation, including important information on the installation and configuration of MICOSec, the usage of two different kinds of application-facing interfaces, and the configuration of CORBA security for applications that do not contain any security-related modifications.