RE: Any details on this book?

["Eric Rachner" <eric () mostly harmless org>]

The book project is temporarily on ice, basically because all of its
authors (myself included) are too busy assessing applications to also
produce a high-quality book on a concurrent, controlled schedule.

Of course, it's in the career interests of the authors to get published,
so it's only a matter of time before the project is thawed out.

In the mean time, some of the material originally intended for the book
has been published in this month's issue of aspnetPRO magazine:
www.aspnetpro.com (see the article about the "One-Click Attack")

- Eric

-----Original Message-----
From: Mads Rasmussen [mailto:mads () opencs com br] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 10:28 AM
To: Webappsec List
Subject: Any details on this book?


Maybe Michael Howard can shed more light on the contents of this 
upcoming (August according to Amazon) book:

(the microsoft link for the book doesn't work though and searching for 
it at microsoft doesn't bring any meaningful results)

http://cyberforge.com/weblog/aniltj/archive/2003/11/15/167.aspx

Web Application Security Assessment
http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/7194.asp

Examine Microsoft's structured methodology for reviewing Web 
applications for security bugs-from design to deployment-and apply 
proven practices and code to your own development efforts. Now you can 
benefit from the many lessons Microsoft has learned about testing Web 
applications for security bugs. A must-have reference for every Web 
developer and tester, this book presents a comprehensive, structured 
methodology for identifying and addressing the most common, real-world 
security issues for Web applications throughout the development process.

Written by the principal, front-line Web security assessment team at 
Microsoft, this guide walks you through each of the critical stages for 
effective security testing, including designing for and assessing 
security features; identifying security vulnerabilities and executing 
the assessment; and enhancing infrastructure security before application

deployment, including best practices for locking down MicrosoftR Windows

ServerT 2003, Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS), and 
Microsoft SQL Server. Get the entire book's sample code via the Web-and 
easily apply this expert author team's techniques and tools to your own 
programs.


-- 
Mads Rasmussen, M.Sc.
Open Communications Security
www.opencs.com.br
+55 11 3345 2525