The Art of Software Security Assessment

From the Back Cover

The Definitive Insider’s Guide to Auditing Software Security



This is the most detailed, sophisticated, and useful guide to software security auditing ever written. The authors are leading security consultants who have personally uncovered vulnerabilities in applications ranging from sendmail to Microsoft Exchange, Check Point VPN to Internet Explorer. Drawing on their extraordinary experience, they introduce a start-to-finish methodology for “ripping apart” applications to reveal even the most subtle and well-hidden security flaws.



The Art of Software Security Assessment covers the full spectrum of software vulnerabilities in both UNIX/Linux and Windows environments. It demonstrates how to audit security in applications of all sizes and functions, including network and Web software. Moreover, unlike competitive books, it teaches through examples drawn from actual past flaws in many of the industry’s highest-profile applications.



Coverage includes



Code auditing: theory, practice, proven methodologies, and secrets of the trade

Bridging the gap between secure software design and post-implementation review

Pre-evaluating applications: design review, threat modeling, and operational review

Identifying vulnerabilities related to memory management, data types, and malformed data

UNIX/Linux testing: privileges, files, and processes

Windows-specific issues, including objects and the filesystem

Auditing interprocess communication, synchronization, and state

Testing network protocols: IP stacks, firewalls, and selected application protocols

Auditing Web applications and technologies



This book is an unprecedented resourcefor everyone who must deliver secure software or assure the safety of existing software: consultants, security specialists, developers, QA staff, testers, and administrators alike.

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