Writing Secure Code for Windows Vista by Michael Howard, David LeBlanc, Jon DeVaan

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The Barnes & Noble Review
With Vista, Microsoft provides many new options and resources for developers aiming to build more secure software. Writing Secure Code for Windows Vista gives you the expert guidance you need to use them.

Michael Howard and David LeBlanc authored the superb, complementary Writing Secure Code, Second Edition. Here, they show how to put that book's best practices and principles to work in the Vista environment. They begin by demonstrating how to leverage Vista's significant changes in user access control and privileges, and use its improved resistance to buffer overruns. Next, they review the security implications of Vista's major enhancements in networking, from IPv6 support to Vista's more fully featured firewall. You'll find a full chapter on creating more secure services (including some crucial "lessons from the school of hard knocks"); coverage of IE7 defenses and cryptographic improvements; authentication utilizing Windows CardSpace; even guidance on adding parental controls. Bill Camarda, from the July 2007 Read Only

From the Publisher

Get the definitive guide to writing secure code and developing more-secure applications for Windows Vista-straight from the experts. Security is one of the greatest enhancements in Windows Vista, and developers will be urged to write more secure code on the platform to support a growing customer base. This reference delivers the straight scoop from the authors who wrote the immensely popular, award-winning book Writing Secure Code. Developers get first-hand insights into design decisions and practical advice for solving real-world security issues. The book covers new features, including ACLs and BitLocker™, as well as enhancements to familiar concepts, such as firewalls and authentication. In addition, there are plenty of code samples in C# on the Web. Designed to complement and extend Writing Secure Code, this book is essential for developers of Windows Vista.

Key Book Benefits:
• Includes coverage of new features, such as ACLs and BitLocker
• Provides a thorough treatment of enhancements to familiar concepts, such as firewalls and authentication
• Includes code samples in C#

Details from Seller

• ISBN: 0735623937
• Publisher: Microsoft Press
• Pub. Date: April 2007
• Condition:

Comments from the Seller: Very minimal damage to the cover (no holes or tears, only minimal scuff marks) , in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, minimal to no highlighting/under

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