Communications and Multimedia Security Issues of the New Century: IFIP TC6 / TC11 Fifth Joint Working Conference on Communications and Multimedia ... in Information and Communication Technology)

This book presents a state-of-the-art review of current perspectives on communications and multimedia security. It examines requirements, issues, and solutions pertinent to securing information networks according to a multi-disciplinary approach covering research aspects, legal aspects, and applications. A wide spectrum of topics is discussed, including:

• Web security;
• Watermarking;
• Cryptographic algorithms;
• System security;
• Mobile security;
• Secure key protocols.

This volume contains papers presented at the fifth Joint Working Conference on Communications and Multimedia Security (CMS'01), which was sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) and held on May 21-22, 2001, in Darmstadt, Germany. It constitutes essential reading for information security specialists, computer professionals, communication systems professionals, EDP managers and auditors, and researchers in the area.