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Secure Programming Cookbook for C and C++: Recipes for Cryptography, Authentication, Input Validation & More [Paperback]

John Viega (Author), Matt Messier (Author)

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Paperback: 792 pages
Publisher: O'Reilly Media; 1 edition (July 21 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0596003943
ISBN-13: 978-0596003944
Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 17.8 x 3.8 cm
Shipping Weight: 1.1 Kg

Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #564,370 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #43 in Books > Computers & Internet > Networking > Network Programming
- #72 in Books > Computers & Internet > Programming > Algorithms > Cryptography

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"This is a book that's long overdue and makes for an interesting and deeply technical read on a topic that we should all core about more. Yes, it's limited to C and C++ readers, but with the majority of key applications being written in these languages that's where the biggest benefit can be had - give the sample chapter a read, and you'll soon be on your way to the books store to buy the rest of it." "A powerful and initially somewhat scary book that will quickly get you thinking about security while you program - as opposed to as an afterthought." - Paul Hudson, LinuxFormat, Christmas 03 - Rating 10/10 - Top Stuff Award

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Password sniffing, spoofing, buffer overflows, and denial of service: these are only a few of the attacks on today's computer systems and networks. At the root of this epidemic is poorly written, poorly tested, and insecure code that puts everyone at risk. Clearly, today's developers need help figuring out how to write code that attackers won't be able to exploit. But writing such code is surprisingly difficult.

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.

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3.0 out of 5 stars a good reference if you've really got to be secure, May 13 2004

andrew m fuqua (atlanta, ga United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Secure Programming Cookbook for C and C++: Recipes for Cryptography, Authentication, Input Validation & More (Paperback)

If you are not sure that you need this book, then you probably don't. But if there is something it the table of contents that you've got to know, and you've got to get it right, then this would be a good book to have. Chapter 12 on Anti-Tampering was a really enjoyable read, though probably a futile task.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for anyone using C, Oct 30 2003

Eric Kent (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Secure Programming Cookbook for C and C++: Recipes for Cryptography, Authentication, Input Validation & More (Paperback)

This is simply a great book for anyone using C or C++.

These guys literally wrote the book on secure code.

Read it!

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3.0 out of 5 stars A task-oriented reference guide, Oct 16 2003

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This review is from: Secure Programming Cookbook for C and C++: Recipes for Cryptography, Authentication, Input Validation & More (Paperback)

This well-written book covers a lot of topics that I have not read in other books.

Its strengths include:

--Good coverage of cryptography programming
--Task-oriented solutions to specific programming problems
--Easy to navigate "cookbook" style ("with recipes" as the authors call them)

However, some areas of improvement might be:

--Could use more coverage of important subjects (buffer overflows, etc.)
--spends a lot of space on narrower examples (like explaining certain APIs that are documented well online)
--Sometimes jumps into material without much background explanation (which was confusing for me)

It is probably not the first book you should read on the subject. This is more of a recipe guide that is useful if you get stuck on coding a particular topic that happens to be covered. The authors have done a good job of explaining what coverage they do and don't include.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Bought it for one reason but ended up using it.
To be truthful, I bought this book because the "gang" I hang out with is mentioned in the Acknowledgments section of the book. Read more

Published on Oct 16 2003 by lucincia

5.0 out of 5 stars Secure Programming Recipes
This book is an asset to anyone whose profession requires them to write code. In this day and age code must be designed and written from the beginning with security in mind. Read more

Published on Oct 15 2003