“How Do I?” Videos for Security

Here you’ll find videos that explore a variety of security questions for developers, including encryption, handling attacks, security best practices, and a lot more. New videos are added regularly, so check back often.

This week’s featured videos:

- How do I – Get Started with Encryption?
- How do I – Export and Import Certificates?

Previous videos:

#1 How Do I: Secure Data Using Symmetric Key Encryption?
#2 How Do I: Secure Data Using Asymmetric Key Encryption?
#3 How Do I: Secure Passwords Using Hashing Algorithms?
#4 How Do I: Improve Cryptographic Security by Storing Keys in Containers?
#5 How Do I: Add Hashing to Existing Application?
#6 How Do I: Perform Imperative Security Checks?
#7 How Do I: Create a Windows Principal for Role Based Security?
#8 How Do I: Create a Generic Principal for Role Based Security?
#9 How Do I: Add Security to Applications Built with Visual Basic.NET and Visual C#?
#10 How Do I: Create a Secure Custom Membership Provider?
#11 How Do I: Improve Data Security by Encrypting and Decrypting XML Data Using Asymmetric Keys?
#12 How Do I: Improve Data Security by Encrypting and Decrypting XML Data Using Symmetric Keys?
#13 How Do I: Attach Client Credentials to a Web Service Call For Security?
#14 How Do I: Integrate SqlMembership Provider into My Existing Database?
#15 How Do I: Set up SqlMembership Providers?
#16 How Do I: Add Security to Applications by Digitally Signing XAML Documents?
#17 How Do I: Digitally Sign Documents with the Signature of a Single Party?
#18 How Do I: Add Security to Visual Basic and C# Applications with Digital Signatures?
#19 How Do I: Add Security to .Net Applications with the ProtectedData Class?
#20 How Do I: Add Security to Visual C++ Applications?
#21 How Do I: Prevent a SQL Injection Attack Over a PHP/MySQL/Linux Platform?
#22 How Do I: Use Managed Cards in Windows CardSpace to Increase the Security of My Web Site?
#23 How Do I: Prevent a SQL Injection Security Flaw in an ASP.NET Application?
#24 How Do I: Prevent a Cross Site Request Forgery Security Flaw in an ASP.NET Application?
#25 How Do I: Encrypt My Web.Config File?
#26 How Do I: Use Discretionary Access Control Lists in Windows?

Source: MSDN

Straight or gay? U.S. court says Web site can’t ask

A roommate-finding site cannot require users to disclose their sexual orientation, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday, in the latest skirmish over whether anti-discrimination rules apply to the Web.

The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said Roommates.com, which obliges users to list their sexual orientation, was different than Internet sites where people can volunteer or withhold personal information.

To inquire electronically about sexual orientation would not be different from asking people in person or by telephone if they were black or Jewish before conducting business, the panel said in an 8-3 ruling that partly overturns a lower federal court decision.

Source: Reuters