ASP/MTS/ADSI Web Security

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Summary: A God-sent fix for an NT/IIS newbie
Review: Due to staffing problems, I recently found my job expanding from the position of a trainee ASP developer to taking care of my company's ecommerce web server and sql server (not a good indication of my company's commitment to proper solutions, obviously). This book has helped me to quickly implement security measures and get to grips with NT and IIS security models (of which I had no experience of a few months ago!). A commendable and expansive book that has given me some piece of mind with a treacherous and continually evolving subject.

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Summary: Wide range of technologies clearly explained
Review: The techie title and different cover caught my eye in a bookshop and I'm glad it did as I have gained a lot from this book.

It's the best technical book I have bought this year, and I've bought twenty or so for MCSE/I, CCNA study.<

I bought it about 6 months ago and keep going back to it as my work and interests change: digital certificates for IIS, MTS security, interaction with NTFS permissions, encryption, firewalling, ASP, Scripting Hosts, Active Directory and recently Site Server Commerce Edition.

These topics are clearly explained as is their use and position in the microsoft infrastructure.

I found it covered a lot of ground,was interesting to read, also good as a reference, and a source of code examples while learning simple ASP and VB.

It's a great book if you want to understand multiple security issues which cross disciplines: software/infrastructure design/support.

I found that understanding the security actually clarified the technologies.

Excellent value and very interesting.

Congratulations and thanks to the author, he knows his stuff and makes it all seem easy.

I'm glad he didn't split it into the three or more full books that it could have been.

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Summary: A little bit of everything
Review: This book got a little bit of everything. Do not expect that you'll be proficient on any of the subjects discussed

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Summary: A God-sent fix for an NT/IIS newbie
Review: This book has very good materials on ASP security. Easy reading, occasionally, you will have to turn to previous pages for clarifications. Other than that, it shows an organized way to implement security for ASP. However, when it comes to MTS & ADSI, it is just an introductory at best. If you need to know more about MTS & ADSI, this is not the book for you.

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Summary: Half Empty or Half Full
Review: This book has very good materials on ASP security. Easy reading, occasionally, you will have to turn to previous pages for clarifications. Other than that, it shows an organized way to implement security for ASP. However, when it comes to MTS & ADSI, it is just an introductory at best. If you need to know more about MTS & ADSI, this is not the book for you.