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	Table of Contents

.NET Security and Cryptography
By Peter Thorsteinson, G. Gnana Arun Ganesh
Publisher	: Prentice Hall PTR
Pub Date	: August 18, 2003
ISBN	: 0-131-00851-X
Pages	: 496

		Copyright
		Integrated .NET Series from Object Innovations and Prentice Hall PTR
		Preface
			Organization
			Sample Programs
			Web Site
		Acknowledgments
			Peter Thorsteinson
			G. Gnana Arun Ganesh
		The Integrated .NET Series from Object Innovations and Prentice Hall PTR
			Introduction
			.NET Programming Books
			.NET Applications and Technology
			.NET Interoperability and Migration
		Chapter One.  .NET Cryptography and Security
			The Nature of This Book
			The Nature of Cryptography and Security
			Windows Security Comes of Age
			The .NET Framework and the CLR
			.NET Cryptography Programming
			.NET Security Programming
			Summary
		Chapter Two.  Fundamentals of Cryptography
			Security and Keeping Secrets
			Steganography
			Modern Ciphers
			Cryptanalytic Attacks
			Issues in Human Interaction and Trust
			Summary
		Chapter Three.  Symmetric Cryptography
			Symmetric Ciphers
			Programming with .NET Symmetric Cryptography
			Key Exchange Issues
			Summary
		Chapter Four.  Asymmetric Cryptography
			Problems with Symmetric Algorithms
			The Idea Behind Asymmetric Cryptography
			Existing Asymmetric Algorithms
			RSA: The Most Used Asymmetric Algorithm
			Caveat: Provability Issues
			Programming with .NET Asymmetric Cryptography
			Digital Certificates
			Summary
		Chapter Five.  Digital Signatures
			Hash Algorithms
			How Digital Signatures Work
			RSA Used as a Digital Signature Algorithm
			The Digital Signature Algorithm
			The Asymmetric AlgorithmHierarchy Class Hierarchy
			Summary
		Chapter Six.  XML Cryptography
			XML Encryption
			XML Signatures
			Combining XML Signing and XML Encryption
			Summary
		Chapter Seven.  .NET User-Based Security
			Authentication and Authorization
			.NET Security Model
			Administrating Windows Security
			Administrating .NET Security
			Permissions
			User-Based Security
			Two Approaches to User-Based Security
			Credentials
			Security Discipline
			Summary
		Chapter Eight.  .NET Code Access Security
			The Need for Code Access Security
			Security, Managed Code, and the CLR
			How CAS Is Used
			Managing Security Policy with Code Groups
			Imperative Versus Declarative CAS
			Evidence-Based Security
			Code Access Permissions
			Declarative Code Access Permissions
			Permission Requests
			Permission Sets
			Summary
		Chapter Nine.  ASP.NET Security
			Fundamental Security Mechanisms
			Implementing ASP.NET Authentication
			ASP.NET Configuration
			Forms Authentication
			Forms Authentication Classes
			Passport Authentication
			Windows Authentication
			Implementing ASP.NET Authorization
			Implementing ASP.NET Impersonation
			Summary
		Chapter Ten.  Web Services Security
			Basic Techniques in Securing Web Services
			Authenticate Web Service Using SOAPHEADER
			Summary
		Appendix A.  A Security Attack Example: The Stack Overrun
		Appendix B.  How the RSA Cipher Works
			Modular Arithmetic
			The BigRSA Example Program
			The CrackRSAWorkFactorDemo Example Program
		Appendix C.  Using the GNU GMP Library
			Installing Cygwin
			Testing Your Cygwin Installation
			Installing GMP
			Uninstalling Cygwin
		Appendix D.  Cryptography and Security Resources
			Background Knowledge and Conceptual Books
			Cryptographic Mathematics Books
			Implementing Security Guide Books
			Human Interest Books on Cryptography
			Cryptography News Groups
			Useful Cryptographic and Security Web Sites
		Appendix E.  Exploring Web Services
			Motivation for Web Services
			Web Services Definition
			Backbones of Web Services
			Next Generation of Distributed Computing: Web Services
			Code Model for Web Services
			Developing a Simple Concatenate Web Service
			Protocols
			Accessing a Web Service
			Asynchronous Programming in Web Services
			Creating an ASP.NET Calculator Web Service
			Web Services Are Still Evolving
			Summary