Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 368 pages
- Published by: Addison-Wesley Professional September 19, 2005
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0321335724
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0321335722
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Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 6.8 x 0.8 inches
- Weighs: 1.1 pounds
Back Cover Copy
"The security of information systems has not improved at a rate consistent with the growth and sophistication of the attacks being made against them. To address this problem, we must improve the underlying strategies and techniques used to create our systems. Specifically, we must build security in from the start, rather than append it as an afterthought. That's the point of Secure Coding in C and C++.
In careful detail, this book shows software developers how to build high-quality systems that are less vulnerable to costly and even catastrophic attack. It's a book that every developer should read before the start of any serious project."
--Frank Abagnale, author, lecturer, and leading consultant on fraud prevention and secure documentsLearn the Root Causes of software Vulnerabilities and How to Avoid Them Commonly exploited
software vulnerabilities are usually caused by avoidable
software defects. Having analyzed nearly 18,000 vulnerability reports over the past ten years, the CERT/Coordination Center (CERT/CC) has determined that a relatively small number of root causes account for most of them. This book identifies and explains these causes and shows the steps that can be taken to prevent exploitation. Moreover, this book encourages programmers to adopt security best practices and develop a security mindset that can help protect
software from tomorrow's attacks, not just today's.
Drawing on the CERT/CC's reports and conclusions, Robert Seacord systematically identifies the program errors most likely to lead to security breaches, shows how they can be exploited, reviews the potential consequences, and presents secure alternatives.
Coverage includes technical detail on how to
- Improve the overall security of any C/C++ application
- Thwart buffer overflows and stack-smashing attacks that exploit insecure string manipulation logic
- Avoid vulnerabilities and security flaws resulting from the incorrect use of dynamic memory management functions
- Eliminate integer-related problems: integer overflows, sign errors, and truncation errors
- Correctly use formatted output functions without introducing format-string vulnerabilities
- Avoid I/O vulnerabilities, including race conditions
Secure Coding in C and C++ presents hundreds of examples of secure code, insecure code, and exploits, implemented for Windows and Linux. If you're responsible for creating secure C or C++ software--or for keeping it safe--no other book offers you this much detailed, expert assistance.
About The Author
Robert Seacord began programming (professionally) for IBM in 1982 and has been programming in C since 1985, and in C++ since 1992. Robert is currently a Senior Vulnerability Analyst with the CERT/Coordination Center at the
software Engineering Institute (SEI). He is coauthor of
Building Systems from Commercial Components (Addison-Wesley, 2002) and
Modernizing Legacy Systems (Addison-Wesley, 2003). The CERT/CC, among other security-related activities, regularly analyzes
software vulnerability reports and assesses the risk to the Internet and other critical infrastructure.
Reader Reviews
This book is not only solid in the technical coverage it gives. It also gives a great overview of security concerns, history of how we got where we are, the types of threats and flaws that exist, who needs to be concerned, and what your role's responsibilities are in the security picture. The technical advice is thorough and explained in a way that makes for a very interesting read. In other words, the author has a great style of writing. This is must read for C++ and C developers, but I would also recommend it for any programmer or architect of any language.
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