Improving Web Application Security: Threats and Countermeasures

This section provides information about downloads and documentation that are needed before you walk through the steps in this How To.

Tools You Will Need

You need the following tools in order to be able to perform the steps in this How To:

• Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA)

  Download MBSA from the MBSA Home Page: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/tools/Tools/mbsahome.asp

• Latest Mssecure.cab

  By default, MBSA downloads the latest update list (Mssecure.cab) from Microsoft.com. If you do not have Internet access from the computer running MBSA, you must download the file and copy it to the MBSA installation directory. You can download the update file from: http://download.microsoft.com/download/xml/security/1.0/NT5/EN-US/mssecure.cab

• Microsoft Software Update Service (SUS)

  Microsoft Software Update Services (SUS) Server 1.0 enables administrators to deploy critical updates to Windows 2000-based, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 computers. You can download it from: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=A7AA96E4-6E41-4F54-972C-AE66A4E4BF6C&displaylang=en