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Hack Proofing Your Web Applications
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Hack Proofing Your Web Applications

by Syngress
June 2001
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
512 pages
18h 49m
English
Syngress
Content preview from Hack Proofing Your Web Applications
78 Chapter 2 • How to Avoid Becoming a “Code Grinder”
; Be aware of vulnerabilities you might be introducing and do
all you can to mitigate their risks.You can’t always get rid of
every potential vulnerability, but you can do a lot towards pre-
venting exploit.
; Use the least amount of privilege you can get away with. Don’t
let your program run as system or under Administrative rights
on a Windows machine or with SUID permissions on a Unix
system unless you absolutely have to. If you can’t think of
another way, ask others for insight.
Q: My company doesn’t have any programmers, but we use a lot of
commercial Web-based applications. Are these safer? If ...
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Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781928994312