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How to Break Software Security

James A. Whittaker, Herbert H. Thompson

Addison Wesley

May 2003

Paperback, 208 pages

ISBN: 0321194330


Description

How to Break Software Security describes the general problem of software security in a practical perspective from a software tester‘s point of view. It defines prescriptive techniques (attacks that testers can use on their own software) that are designed to ferret out security vulnerabilities in software applications. The book‘s style is easy to read and provides readers with the techniques and advice to hunt down security bugs and see that they‘re destroyed before the software is released.

Accompanying the book is a CD–ROM containing Holodeck, which tests for security vulnerabilities. There are also a number of bug–finding tools, freeware, and an easy–to–use port scanner included on the CD–ROM.



Features


Features

  • Uses a practical hands–on approach to testing your software for security vulnerabilities.
  • Focuses your security tests on the most common places that security vulnerabilities occur:
    • The User Interface

    • Software Dependencies

    • Design

    • Process and Memory

  • Contains numerous examples drawn from commercial applications.
  • Includes end–of–chapter exercises and a glossary of terms.
  • Comes with a CD–ROM featuring Holodeck, a Windows–based testing software.

 

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