The Art of Software Security Assessment: Identifying and Preventing Software Vulnerabilities

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                                        Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Dowd, Mark.

 The art of software security assessment : identifying and preventing software vulnerabilities / Mark Dowd,John McDonald, and Justin Schuh.

    p. cm. ISBN 0-321-44442-6 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Computer security. 2. Computer softwareDevelopment.

3. Computer networksSecurity measures. I. McDonald, John, 1977- II. Schuh, Justin. III. Title. QA76.9.A25D75 2006

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