Developing Secure Applications With Visual Basic

by Chapman, Davis

• ISBN13: 9780672318368
• ISBN10: 0672318369
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-05-18
• Publisher: Sams Publishing

Summary

Using client-proven methods, and over 15 years of programming experience, expert author Davis Chapman empowers developers to create powerful, secure applications. Developing Secure Applications with Visual Basic first provides you with an understanding of encryption, and then guides you through adding security features to your own applications using the Microsoft CryptoAPI, and the new security features of Windows 2000. Developers who have been confused by the high-end, academic style of other encryption books and cryptography theory will delight with Chapman's understandable style and hands-on methods. This book covers security topics developers want and need to know including File Encryption, Encrypted Communications, Working with Certificates, Digital Signatures, SChannel Communications (SSL), Secure E-Mail, and much more.

Author Biography

Davis Chapman is a professional developer with over 15 years of programming experience. Davis is a consultant who has provided application solutions for Fortune 500 companies which have included client/server, web-based and, of course, secure applications. Davis has written and contributed to several Macmillan titles including Sams Teach Yourself Visual C++ 6 in 21 Days, Web Development with Visual Basic 5, and Building Internet Applications with Delphi.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(4)
Understanding Encryption and Application Security	5	(14)
Getting Started with the CryptoAPI	19	(18)
Symmetric and Password Encryption	37	(56)
Public/Private Key Communications	93	(46)
Requesting and Retrieving Certificates	139	(36)
Working with Certificates	175	(42)
Working With Certificate Revocation Lists	217	(40)
Using Digital Signatures	257	(52)
DCOM Through SSL	309	(30)
Understanding Windows 2000 Security and Security Descriptors	339	(46)
Using NT Login Authentication	385	(22)
Working with Active Directory Security (ADSI) and an LDAP Server	407	(34)
Active Directory Security and Searching	441	(34)
Developing with COM+ Security	475	(20)
Microsoft Certificate Server	495	(10)
Security Standards	505	(12)
Legal Issues of Digital Signatures and Encryption	517	(12)
Cryptographic Service Providers	529	(6)
Index	535