The .NET Developer's Guide to Windows Security

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The .NET Developer's Guide to Windows Security

Author(s) : Keith Brown
ISBN : 0321228359
Paperback : 408 pages
Publication Date : Sep 2004
Publisher : Addison-Wesley Professional

Book excerpts:

This book was written for people involved in designing and writing software for the Microsoft .NET platform. It is chock-full of tips and insights about user-based security or the much preferred term, Windows security.

The book's organization is a bit unusual, in which topics were distilled into 75 small tidbits of information - items that link to one another - allowing you to read the book in any order that suits you. The 'what is' items focus on explaining concepts, while the 'how to' items focus on helping you perform a common task.

The book highlights new features in Windows Server 2003 and previews features of the upcoming version 2.0 of the .NET Framework. A companion Web site includes the source code and examples used throughout the book.

Topics covered include:

- Kerberos authentication
- Access control
- Impersonation
- Network security
- Constrained delegation
- Protocol transition
- Securing enterprise services
- Securing remoting
- How to run as a normal user and live a happy life
- Programming the Security Support Provider Interface (SSPI) in Visual Studio.NET 2005

Reviews:

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"Worth a look for security professionals."

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"This book is not for everyone, but if you are a programmer and you want an introduction to what you can do to create more secure programs integrated into Windows 2000 -> Server 2003 in a .NET framework, you will find this book worth the read."

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"The discussions on Kerberos and other crypto related items are fluently explained, without recourse to maths. To actually implement, you may need texts that delve into more detail. But the overviews provided here are very understandable and hit the key concepts."

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