Getting Started - Security Considerations for ASP.NET Applications

This section contains topics that provide general information on security concerns for ASP.NET Web applications and on basic security practices for working with user input, display, accessing SQL Server, and protecting files on the server.

In This Section

• Overview of Web Application Security Threats

• Basic Security Practices for Web Applications

• Storing Sensitive Information Using ASP.NET

• Limiting Access to ASP.NET Web Sites

• Script Exploits Overview

• How to: Display Safe Error Messages

• Accessing SQL Server from a Web Application

• Web Application Security at Run Time

Reference

• System.Web.Security

Related Sections

• Security in the .NET Framework
  Provides general information about security features of the .NET Framework.

• Securing Data Access
  Provides information on ways to help secure connections to data sources such as databases.