Avinash Kak - Lecture Notes On Computer and Network Security

Lecture Notes On Computer and Network Security

These lecture notes have become Google dominant during the last six years, as can be seen by Google search on strings like "lecture notes on computer security", "lecture notes on network security", "computer and network security", etc. One of the biggest reasons for their popularity might be the fact that they are updated every year at the beginning of each year. These notes provide comprehensive depth plus breadth overview of computer and network security. In the context of network security related work by Avi Kak, it will be interesting to see if the new technique proposed by Padmini Jaikumar and Avi Kak will provide a robust solution to the difficult problem of botnet detection in computer networks.

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