The .NET Developer’s Guide to Windows Security
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“As usual, Keith masterfully explains complex security issues in down-to-earth and easy-to-understand language. I bet you’ll reach for this book often when building your next software application.”
–Michael Howard, c… More >>
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As a degreed, professional software developer, I found the book very weak in presenting a good explanation of how a programmer might make better use of Windows security.
The book is a series of 4-6 page chapters. The author constantly refers back and forth to the chapters: (item 24), (item 15) etc. There is no big picture, just page after page of alphabet soup.
I also found it annoying that the author uses ‘her’ instead of ‘he’.
Rating: 1 / 5
Its more like a cook book written in bunch of 4-5 page sections that describe how to do what with .Net sceurity namespaces. If you are looking for book that described windows security then get Keith’s “Windows Security Programming” book.
Rating: 2 / 5
I wasn’t thrilled with the organization of this book. The chapters, which are essentially recipe answers to security questions are sometimes very short (2-3 pages). The text is very focused and terse. The coverage of the book is excellent though. It’s wide ranging, and as long as you can keep up, relatively in-depth. The coverage of privileges and sessions is very good. Worth a look for security professionals.
Rating: 4 / 5
I have been trying to get into security for a while but the task seemed daunting. Security is a complex subject and it is difficult to know where to start. The book’s hyperlink-like structure allows you the understand the whole picture and navigate through the chapters easily without being drowned in details too quickly. This book I think must be read twice to finally put in straight in my mind.
Thanks Keith.
Rating: 4 / 5
This review refers to Brown’s 2004 edition of “The .NET Developer’s Guide to Windows Security”.
Don’t let the title fool you. For its size, this book is an excellent primer on Windows OS and network security for anyone. It is well-written in an entertaining style by a well-known and authoritative author in the field. I highly recommend this as a first read for anyone interested in Windows security as a programmer or administrator.
The book does provide valuable additional information to the .NET programmer, including useful examples in C#. I was able to use it to implement secure access to a database via a web service using Windows built-in security despite the fact that I was already in the middle of learning how to implement web services in the first place.
Due to its age, the book does not cover anything new to Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008. I’d still recommend this book until something equivalent (perhaps a 2nd edition?) good comes out covering those topics at both the Vista AND 2008 level. Alernatively I could see one using this short book as a primer and existing books on Vista and/or future books on 2008 as those become available. I foresee this book being a primary reference for me for quite some time.
Rating: 5 / 5