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.NET in Action, Second Edition
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.NET in Action, Second Edition

by Dustin Metzgar
July 2024
Intermediate to advanced
360 pages
9h 45m
English
Manning Publications
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9 Security

This chapter covers

  • Threat modeling
  • Configuring HTTPS to protect requests
  • Checking for SQL injection vulnerabilities
  • Accessing secrets safely
  • Authenticating HTTP requests with tokens
  • Authorizing access to resources

Most of the software you’ll write will be connected to the internet in some way. We’ve all seen the high-profile data breaches in the news. Even password managers (which you could reasonably expect to be secure) have been compromised. A breach could cost your company not only in reputation and lost customers, but also in ransom money. Although it’s impossible to make an application 100 percent secure, you can take a few straightforward approaches to make it harder for attackers to compromise.

Security in IT is like locking ...

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