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Hacking your own application

I am a web developer that is very conscious of security and try and make my web applications as secure as possible.

How ever I have started writing my own windows applications in C# and when it comes testing the security of my C# application, I am really only a novice.

Just wondering if anyone has any good tutorials/readme's on how to hack your own windows application and writing secure code.

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instigator Avatar asked Feb 06 '09 10:02

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The books by Michael Howard are a good starting point;

  • 19 Deadly Sins of software security (with examples in several languages)
  • Writing Secure Code

There's loads of links and interesting articles from Michael Howard's blog here

There's an interesting powerpoint presentation from Microsoft about threat assessment, risks and ASP here.

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DomBat Avatar answered Nov 08 '22 20:11

DomBat