This concise and practical book will show where code vulnerabilities lie and how best to fix them. Its value is in showing where most coding errors lie, without needing to delve into the specifics of each system architecture, programming or scripting language or application and it provides illustrations with real code.
* This concise and practical book shows where code vulnerabilities lie--without delving into the specifics of each system architecture, programming or scripting language, or application--and how best to fix them * Based on real--world situations taken from the authora s experiences of tracking coding mistakes at major financial institutions * Covers SQL injection attacks, cross--site scripting, data manipulation in order to bypass authorization, and other attacks that work because of missing pieces of code * Shows developers how to change their mindset from Web site construction to Web site destruction in order to find dangerous code