Chapter 18. Writing Secure .NET Code
I must start this chapter with a story. While creating slides for two secure software papers at the November 2001 Microsoft Professional Developer’s Conference, a friend told me that I would soon by out of a job because once managed code and the .NET Framework shipped, all security issues would go away. This made me convert the SQL injection demonstration code from C++ to C# to make the point that he was wrong.
Managed code certainly takes some of the security burden off the developer, especially if you have a C or C++ background, but you cannot disengage your brain, regardless of the programming language you use. We trust you will take the design and coding issues in this chapter to heart as you create your ...
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