Download or read book Building Secure and Reliable Network Applications written by Kenneth P. Birman and published by Manning Publications Company. This book was released on 1996 with total page 591 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A textbook for a two-semester, or a very selective one-semester graduate course. Describes the technology of distributed computing, its use with Internet and World Wide Web applications, and reliability issues of the emerging generation of technologies. The approach is practical rather than theoretical, but not as technically rigorous as some instructors might prefer. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR