This book presents a state-of-the art review of current perspectives on Communications and Multimedia Security. It contains the Proceedings of the 3rd Joint Working Conference of IFIP TC6 and TC11, arranged by the International Federation for Information Processing and held in Athens, Greece in September 1997. The book aims to cover the subject of Communications and Multimedia Systems Security, as fully as possible. It constitutes an essential reading for information technology security specialists; computer professionals; communication systems professionals; EDP managers; EDP auditors; managers, researchers and students working on the subject.

Inhalt
Part 1: Security in Communication networks. Part 2: World-Wide-Web security. Part 3: Security for mobile computing. Part 4: Cryptosystems. Part 5: Analysis, design and evaluation of secure distributed systems. Part 6: ATM systems security. Part 7: Access control in distributed systems. Part 8: Digital signatures. Part 9: Security for multimedia systems. Part 10: Secure electronic market applications. Part 11: Country Status reports. Part 12: Secure distributed applications.