Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 224 pages
- Published by: Microsoft Press April 11, 2007
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0735623937
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0735623934
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Book Dimensions:
8.9 x 7.3 x 0.9 inches
- Weighs: 15.5 ounces
Book Description
Get the definitive guide to writing secure code and developing more-secure applications for Windows Vistastraight 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. Designed to complement and extend Writing Secure Code, this book is essential for developers of Windows Vista.
Publisher Description
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#
Reader Reviews
Initially I didn't liked Windows Vista. A resource hog, some incompatibilities... But I had to use it at work so I installed it and worked with it for two months. After that, I really like the security features it has, but I felt like missing more details about specific topics... So I decided to buy this book. Writing Secure Code for Windows Vista comes as a, mostly C++ oriented (although contains some C# examples), "how to use all new features" book. Very well structured, with lots of code examples, best practices, direct to the topic, and one thing I liked a lot: very sincere. If something is working bad, the authors state it clearly (for example, the Windows Firewall API, which has bugs), and they even provide workarounds to avoid them. Down to the content, the book covers a lot of topics: New safer C functions, banned APIs, new APIs, UAC, token manipulation, integrity levels, code signing, virtualization, buffer overrun defenses, IPv6, Secure Socket extensions, Windows Firewall (Vista version, of course), IE7 security mechanisms & defenses (very interesting), Windows services development best practices, protected mode API and DEP, and the new CNG (Cryptography API: Next Generation). Even if you don't usually develop with C++ I highly recommend this book. With it you will learn a lot about all the new security features of Vista. You just need some basic knowledge of standard Windows security features and some C++/API programming.
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