This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Verification and Evaluation of Computer and Communication Systems, VECoS 2024, held in Djerba, Tunisia, during October 16–18, 2024.The 16 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 42 submissions. They deal with the state of the art and challenges in modern computer and communication systems in the areas of verification, control, performance, and dependability evaluation.