C++ For Dummies, 7th Edition

Chapter 30

Ten Ways to Protect Your Programs from Hackers

In This Chapter

Protecting yourself from user input

Handling failures in your code

Maintaining a program log

Following good development process

Practicing good version control

Authenticating users securely

Managing your sessions

Obfuscating your code

Signing your code

Using encryption securely

Chapter 28 describes things you should do in your code to avoid writing programs that are vulnerable to hackers. It also describes features ...