Secure Programming Cookbook For C And C Recipes For Cryptography Authentication Input Validation More Covers Unix Windows 1st John Viega by John Viega, Matt Messier 9780596003944, 0596003943 instant download after payment.

Secure Programming Cookbook for C and C++ is an important new resource for developers serious about writing secure code. It contains a wealth of solutions to problems faced by those who care about the security of their applications. It covers a wide range of topics, including safe initialization, access control, input validation, symmetric and public key cryptography, cryptographic hashes and MACs, authentication and key exchange, PKI, random numbers, and anti-tampering. The rich set of code samples provided in the book's more than 200 recipes will help programmers secure the C and C++ programs they write for both Unix® (including Linux®) and Windows® environments.

Readers will learn:

• How to avoid common programming errors, such as buffer overflows, race conditions, and format string problems

• How to properly SSL-enable applications

• How to create secure channels for client-server communication without SSL

• How to integrate Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) into applications

• Best practices for using cryptography properly

• Techniques and strategies for properly validating input to programs

• How to launch programs securely

• How to use file access mechanisms properly

• Techniques for protecting applications from reverse engineering

The book's web site supplements the book by providing a place to post new recipes, including those written in additional languages like Perl, Java, and Python. Monthly prizes will reward the best recipes submitted by readers.Secure Programming Cookbook for C and C++ is destined to become an essential part of any developer's library, a code companion developers will turn to again and again as they seek to protect their systems from attackers and reduce the risks they face in today's dangerous world.