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If you're building business-critical Web solutions with Microsoft technology, your #1 concern must be security. This is the only complete guide to securing today's state-of-the-art Web sites using all the tools and technologies Microsoft provides. Review the fundamentals of Web, network and computing security: how to create sound policies, choose appropriate security technologies, implement appropriate monitoring, and stay up-to-date with both immediate security holes and long-term trends. Leverage NT and Internet Information Server security systems, firewalls, proxy servers, secure channels and VPN security. Master application level security, using Active Server Pages (ASP), Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS), and the Active Directory Service Interface (ADSI). Walk through creating your own public key infrastructure with Microsoft's Certificate Server; integrating ASP with MTS components; protecting Web databases; using ADSI to secure LDAP directories; working with Microsoft's Site Server membership components; and using Active User Objects to identify Web users and personalize sites more effectively. Along the way, you'll find extensive examples -- and new insight into Microsoft security features, documented and undocumented.
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Build secure Web solutions using the Microsoft Internet technologies.
ASP/MTS/ADSI Web Security shows how to master the compelling Web infrastructure from Microsoft and investigate their comprehensive tools for developing secure business applications that are deployed on the public Internet or across a private Intranet/Extranet.
The latest Web-based technologies are making distributed computing a reality for companies all over the world, but ensuring reliability and security for a global user community remains a challenge. Microsoft's Windows NT®, Active Server Pages (ASP), Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) and Active Directory Services Interface (ADSI) combine to offer a flexible and trusted environment that enables companies to have the confidence to conduct business-critical operations over TCP/IP networks.
You'll discover how good security is achieved by the creation of sound policies, the employment of appropriate security technologies, the consistent monitoring of all practices and a general awareness of trends in the security arena. In addition, you'll also learn how to implement the Microsoft Web technologies and development tools to support users on all levels and in all kinds of relationships.
Practical examples throughout the book illustrate the various techniques and are written so they can be adapted for inclusion in your own Web projects. With the tools and skills covered in ASP/MTS/ADSI Web Security, you'll be able to create a secure infrastructure that will let your business evolve right along with the World Wide Web for years to come.
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