This book discusses the timely topic of computer intrusion. It is the first book to present a data-centered approach to these problems, and it will be of interest to researchers and practitioners in statistics and computer science interested in computer security. The book is self -contained, assuming no expertise in computer security or statistics.

Addresses the timely topic of computer security Self-contained and assumes no expertise in computer security or statistics Accessible to computer scientists, computer security professionals, and statisticians Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext
David J. Marchette is a scientist at the Naval Surface Warfacre Center in Dalhgren, Virginia. He has worked at Navy labs for 15 years, doing research in pattern recognition, computational statistics, and image analysis. He has been a fellow by courtesy in the mathematical sciences department of the Johns Hopkins University since 2000. He has been working in conputer intrusion detection for several years, focusing on statistical methods for anomaly detection and visualization. Dr. Marchette received a Masters in Mathematics from the University of California, San Diego in 1982 and a Ph.D. in Computational Sciences and Informatics from George Mason University in 1996.

Inhalt
1 TCP/IP Networking.- 2 Network Statistics.- 3 Evaluation.- 4 Network Monitoring.- 5 Host Monitoring.- 6 Computer Viruses and Worms.- 7 Trojan Programs and Covert Channels.- Appendix A WellKnown Port Numbers.- Appendix B Trojan Port Numbers.- Appendix C Country Codes.- Appendix D Security Web Sites.- D.1 Introduction.- D.2 General Information Web Sites.- D.3 Security.- D.4 Cyber Crime.- D.5 Software.- D.6 Data.- D.7 Intrusion Detection.- Acronyms.- Author Index.