June 2003
Intermediate to advanced
224 pages
6h 10m
English
Content preview from Secure Coding: Principles and Practices
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A.1. Books
Anderson, Ross. Security Engineering. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2001. ISBN 0-471-38922-6. A stunning achievement by a great engineer. Highly readable. Only a few chapters are directly relevant to secure coding, but we recommend the entire volume for its surprising insights.
Bentley, Jon. Programming Pearls, Second Edition. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Longman, 2000. ISBN 0-201-65788-0. Justifiably famous collection of sound programming practices and tips.
Brooks, Frederick P. The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition. New York, NY: Addison-Wesley, 1995. ISBN 0201835959. Classic work on the practice and business of software development and the management of projects.
Garfinkel, Simson, Gene Spafford, and Alan Schwartz. Practical Unix & Internet Security, 3rd Edition. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., 2003. ISBN 1-56592-323-4. Comprehensive, a true tour-de-force. Chapter 16, "Writing Secure SUID and Network Programs," was a lightning bolt when first published and remains indispensable today.
Gong, Li. Inside Java 2 Platform Security. Reading, MA: Addison Wesley Longman, 1999. ISBN 0-201-31000-7. Worth reading simply for Dr. Gong's description of the Java jail, of which he was the principal designer.
Howard, Michael. Designing Secure Web-Based Applications for Microsoft Windows 2000. Redmond, Washington: Microsoft Press, 2000. ISBN 0-7356-0995-0. Excellent example of platform-specific advice.
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