September 2009
Intermediate to advanced
464 pages
9h 58m
English
book
24 Deadly Sins of Software Security: Programming Flaws and How to Fix Them
by Michael Howard, David LeBlanc, John Viega
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Index
A
access control lists. See ACLs (access control lists)
access controls
data-protection sin, 254–258, 259–260
information leakage, 201
least privilege sin, 245–246
race conditions, 211
accidental information leakage, 192
account lockout, against brute-force attacks, 294
ACLs (access control lists)
data-protection sins and, 254–258, 260–263
format string sins and, 114
information leakage and, 192, 202
least privilege issues, 245–246
Active Directory Group Policy, 228
Active Server Pages. See ASP (Active Server Pages)
ActiveX controls, mobile code sins, 272
ActiveX fuzzer, 272
ADDCO portable signs, 289
addition (+) operator
integer overflow sin in C/C++, 125
SQL injection sin, 12
address space randomization (ASLR), ...
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