Security in .NET involves many features, but they fall generally into three major areas.
Because the Library Project interacts with a major external resourcea SQL Server databaseit does deal with External Security issues, although indirectly through ADO.NET and system security policies. Still, because of this book's focus on typical business application development, this chapter will not discuss either internal security or external security issues. Instead, it will focus on data security topics, especially the encryption of data. |