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Check out Microsoft's security take
David Gabel
With all the noise that's going on about trustworthy computing, you know that Microsoft is going to do all that it can to help developers with their security concerns. After all, the company's own developers stopped developing for several weeks to receive training on how to develop more secure code.
So any developer who works with Microsoft products could probably use some help, and that goes double for .NET developers. As you know, the .NET framework in aimed at letting every computer talk with every other connected computer. And while that sounds great, it's a huge potential security nightmare.
But it doesn't have to be. In fact, Microsoft has included a new concept called code-based security. Before .NET, authorization was on a user basis: Users were allowed access to certain areas of a computer with certain capabilities. Now, with code-based security, other entities -- computers or applications -- can get access to certain functions or capabilities, or they can be denied access just as well, based on the code they contain, and signatures on the code.
You need to know how to handle this and other new security features in .NET. Fortunately, Microsoft is here to help with a new Web site. Just at the home page of this site you'll find articles on building more secure Web sites, a video presentation on thinking about how to build more secure applications, a video on privacy awareness for developers, and more.
You should drop this site into your favorites and visit often to get the latest on security for .NET from the horse's mouth.
About the Author
David Gabel is executive technology editor for TechTarget.
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