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The Art of Software Security Assessment: Identifying and Preventing Software Vulnerabilities
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The Art of Software Security Assessment: Identifying and Preventing Software Vulnerabilities

by Mark Dowd, John McDonald, Justin Schuh
November 2006
Intermediate to advanced
1200 pages
31h 45m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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Chapter 7. Program Building Blocks

“The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.”

Albert Einstein

Introduction

When reviewing applications, certain constructs tend to appear over and over again. These recurring patterns are the natural result of programmers worldwide solving similar small technical problems as they develop applications. These small problems are often a result of the application’s problem-domain, such as needing a particular data structure or algorithm for the quick retrieval or sorting of a certain type of data element. They can also result from technical details of the program’s target environment or the capabilities and limitations of the programming language itself. For example, most applications written in ...

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