Objective 5.4: Manage data integrity
Managing the privacy, safety, and integrity of your data is key to security. Most ASP.NET MVC 4 applications consist of inputting, performing work on, and then outputting data. This chapter has addressed authentication (verifying the identity of a user) and authorization (the right to access data based on authentication). Now you’ll explore how to keep data secure after it has been entered into your web application.
Note
This objective covers how to:
Apply encryption to application data
Apply encryption to the configuration sections of an application
Sign application data to prevent tampering
Understanding encryption terminology
A proper discussion of encryption should begin with some vocabulary definitions. There ...
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