"security Engineering" Online

[Dubh Aingeal]

Ross Anderson, author of 'Security Engineering', notifies in a message to comp.risks that he just got permission from Wiley to let anyone download the full content of his book for free. This is one of the best books on computer security and it is used as textbook in many University courses.

msg from comp.risk:

Security Engineering

<Ross Anderson <Ross.Anderson@cl.cam.ac.uk>>

Sat, 26 Aug 2006 09:36:46 +0100

After several years of argument, I've persuaded my publisher to let me put

my book "Security Engineering" online for free download:

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/book.html

My book draws on a lot of the experience shared in this list, and has become

a standard textbook in the field.

The publishers thought for years that it was too risky to let authors put

books online but they are gradually learning that this isn't so. Putting a

book online often increases its sales; more people read it and those who

find it useful often go buy a copy.

Enjoy! Ross Anderson, Cambridge University