The eight tutorials in this volume introduce machine learning and computational learning theory, and apply the concepts to intrusion detection based on identifying behavioral patterns and characteristics. Topics include network firewall architectures, vulnerabilities in web applications, computer attack taxonomy, artificial immune systems, wavelet analysis, and multivariate analysis methods. Most of the contributors are professors at universities in the U.S. and India. Distributed by CRC. Annotation ї 2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR