Advanced ASP.NET Core 3 Security: Understanding Hacks, Attacks, and Vulnerabilities to Secure Your Website

© Scott Norberg 2020

S. NorbergAdvanced ASP.NET Core 3 Security https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6014-2_2

2. General Security Concepts

Scott Norberg¹ 

(1)

Issaquah, WA, USA

 

Now that we’ve talked about ASP.NET Core, it’s worth taking the time to cover some security-related topics that are included in most security courses, but unfortunately are ignored in most software development training materials. I will highlight areas where these concepts are most applicable to software developers and not delve too deeply into other areas of security that are still important to websites, such as network or physical (i.e., can anyone access my servers?) security. Unfortunately, there won’t be much flow to this chapter – these concepts aren’t necessarily related ...