Coding Hacker Proof Applications

This volume examines issues related to Windows 2000, UNIX, .NET, Java, C++ and Visual Basic, highlighting differences and subtleties along the way. Central to the book is the importance of devising "layered" security solutions, from the lowest-level protocols and exploitation of secure technologies by developers through use of security tools by administrators. It has been designed for all who want to learn how to use development tools to create secure programs and takes direct aim at safeguarding systems from attack.