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Thorsteinson,  Peter.
       .NET  security  and  cryptography  /  Peter  Thorsteinson  and  Arun  Ganesh.
           p.  cm.
       Includes  bibliographical  references  and  index.
       ISBN  0-131-00851-X  (alk.  paper)
       1.  Computer  security.  2.  Cryptography.  3.  Microsoft  .NET.  I.  Ganesh,  Arun.  II.  Title.

   QA76.9.A25T48  2003
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