Security in software development should be a first-order requirement, but it’s often implemented in projects as an afterthought. With Application Security in .NET Succinctly, author Stan Drapkin provides a refresher of .NET security practices and fills common knowledge gaps for experienced developers and novices alike. Learn about hashes, machine authentication code, key derivation, binary and text encodings, symmetric and authenticated encryption, and much more, and begin properly securing your .NET apps today.

<system.webServer>
  <httpProtocol>
    <customHeaders>
      <!-- SECURITY HEADERS - https://securityheaders.io/? -->
      <!-- Protects against Clickjacking attacks. ref.: http://stackoverflow.com/a/22105445/1233379 -->
      <add name="X-Frame-Options" value="SAMEORIGIN" />
      <!-- Protects against Clickjacking attacks. ref.: https://www.owasp.org/index.php/HTTP_Strict_Transport_Security_Cheat_Sheet -->
      <add name="Strict-Transport-Security" value="max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains"/>
      <!-- Protects against XSS injections. ref.: https://www.veracode.com/blog/2014/03/guidelines-for-setting-security-headers/ -->
      <add name="X-XSS-Protection" value="1; mode=block" />
      <!-- Protects against MIME-type confusion attack. ref.: https://www.veracode.com/blog/2014/03/guidelines-for-setting-security-headers/ -->
      <add name="X-Content-Type-Options" value="nosniff" />
      <!-- CSP modern XSS directive-based defence, used since 2014. ref.: http://content-security-policy.com/ -->
      <add name="Content-Security-Policy" value="default-src 'self'; font-src *;img-src * data:; script-src *; style-src *;" />
      <!-- Prevents from leaking referrer data over insecure connections. ref.: https://scotthelme.co.uk/a-new-security-header-referrer-policy/ -->
      <add name="Referrer-Policy" value="strict-origin" />
    </customHeaders>
  </httpProtocol>
</system.webServer>