Who Should Read This Book

Programming .NET Security was written for two groups of people. First, we wrote for the architects and designers of .NET applications who must understand the capabilities and limitations of .NET security to factor them into their designs and plans. Each chapter in Parts II, III, and IV begins with a detailed discussion that describes the technology but does not go to the level of discussing individual classes and methods.

Second, we wrote for all C# and Visual Basic .NET programmers who want to know how to use the features of the .NET Framework to write more secure applications. Following a technical introduction, each chapter in Parts II, III, and IV contains a detailed explanation of how to program the features of the .NET Framework being discussed; numerous code samples accompany these sections to clarify the points being made. Specifically for advanced programmers, our discussions of code-access security and cryptography contain fully worked examples on how to extend the .NET Framework security mechanisms.