Organization


The book is organized into 10 chapters and five appendixes. Chapter 1 introduces cryptography and security on the .NET platform and provides a nontechnical overview of the topics that are described in greater detail in subsequent chapters. This first chapter also provides the reasoning behind the layout of the book and how the two main topics of cryptography and security interrelate. The purpose of this chapter is not to provide significant depth or code examples, but rather to convey conceptual understanding and to provide an overview of cryptography and security technologies on the .NET platform. Chapter 2 provides a solid theoretical background to promote a deeper insight into all subsequent chapters. The point is made that all security is based on cryptography, and, to understand cryptography in a meaningful way, it is necessary to first understand several basic theoretical cryptographic concepts. Chapters 3, 4, 5, and 6 provide detailed hands-on .NET programming examples, using symmetric algorithms, asymmetric algorithms, digital signatures, and XML cryptography, respectively. Chapters 7 and 8 cover .NET programming with user -based security and code access security, respectively. Chapter 9 introduces ASP.NET security programming, and Chapter 10 introduces .NET Web Services security programming.

Each aspect of .NET cryptography and security is dealt with in the proper context and sequence, where they are most relevant and most easily understood . Appendixes describe a few additional topics, such as security attacks and additional cryptography- related mathematical topics.

This book is intended to be a practical tutorial with many succinct programming examples that focus on specific and individual concepts. Also, the focus of the book is on practical .NET security programming rather than on administrative security tasks . This book provides sufficient background information to enable the reader to clearly see why security and cryptography are critically important to modern software development. The goal is to equip the reader to begin building significant applications using the .NET Security Framework. This book is part of The Integrated .NET Series from Object Innovations and Prentice Hall PTR.



.NET Security and Cryptography
.NET Security and Cryptography
ISBN: 013100851X
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 126

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