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Programming Windows Security |
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Rating:  Summary: Every Windows programmer should read this book Review: This is the most comprehensive Windows security book for programmers there is. There are many books out there on how to administer Windows security, but very few on how to program it. About two years ago I started on a project that implemented fine-grained private object security and read everything I could find on the topic; there wasn't much. During that project I was able to read some very useful articles from Keith in MSJ/MSDN magazine. This book includes topics covered in his magazine articles, but adds more detail. It also covers more topics and pulls it all together in one comprehensive book. Even though I thought that I had been exposed to most of what this book covers I went ahead and read it. I still learned a lot, especially about logon sessions and Windows stations and how they affect the security of your application. I think that every Windows developer should read this book because what this book covers affects you even if you are not interested in security. Web programmers should make sure to check out the section on IIS. This book would have saved me so much time if I would have had it two years ago. I read some of the other reviews and found the ones about the font size kind of ridiculous. Everyone has his or her personal preferences on font and style, but I am reviewing this book based on content. I give this book five stars.
Rating:  Summary: Understand Windows Security Review: Understanding the Windows security model by examining the Win32 API is nearly impossible. This book tied everything together for me, not just for Win32 security, but for security in general. I thought it found a great balance between being instructive and complete. If you want to understand Windows security, this is a great book. However, it is not a cookbook and is a little difficult to use as a reference book. Despite that, I have used it many times since reading it to quickly locate and understand the cause of security problems in our product.
Rating:  Summary: Must read if you're programming windows security Review: Very well done. There is nothing to compare as an overview and for coding for windows security. Great chapters on COM+ security and IIS security. The author is a frequent writer on security for Microsoft Systems Journal. He also has a half dozen utilities with source code on his web site that help to reenforce the (sometimes) complicated concepts in windows security.
Rating:  Summary: Some good spots, but generally thin Review: While there are some very informative sections of this book, I found it disappointing overall. I was very surprised at the author's reluctance to CLEARLY define basic terminology. The glossary is tempting, but of little real use. Like previous reviewers, I found both the verbosity and the large font distracting. To those interested in Windows security I would strongly recommend the relevant chapters in Jeffrey Richter's and Jason Clark's "Programming Server-Side Applications". They offer a much clearer and more thorough presentation of the topic.
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