Conclusion

You should now have a good understanding of the security classes provided by ATL Server. ATL Server also has a number of new security classes designed for working with Windows security objects such as ACLs that we dont cover in this book. You should also understand the basics of setting up a secure server (with HTTPS encryption) and using an ATL Server client to access this server.

This chapter was designed to give you a brief introduction to security and some of the common security issues that arise when you design ATL Server applications. This chapter isnt intended to be a replacement for a book devoted to the subject, and we recommend that you read a book dedicated to security to learn more about it.

We hope that you now have an excellent understanding of the ATL Server library and how to use it to make the most in your applications. Youve seen how ATL Server can be used to make Web application and Web service development easier. Youve learned how you can take advantage of ATL Server classes in non-Web contexts. Finally, youve learned how to make the most of this powerful framework through the advanced topics presented in this book.

In the next and final chapter we present a number of frequently asked questions and their answers. Although this is by no means a complete list of questions people ask about ATL Server, it contains responses to some of the top questions that developers ask the team.