Microsoft has released a new Microsoft Developer Security Resource Kit. This kit brings together a host of valuable references and resources for developing more secure applications. In it you'll find:
- Best practices: These guidelines, how-to documents, and checklists will help you integrate security issues into the development process.
- Training: View webcasts and get access to loads of sample code to get you up to speed quickly on key security concepts.
- Developer tools: Analyze your code for security flaws, run data queries, detect errors, and test for compatibility issues.
- Technical articles and additional resources: Link up with online community and event resources. And when you order, you can also order Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 for a six-month evaluation
In addition, by ordering a Developer Security Resource Kit DVD—you pay only shipping and handling—you will be able to receive notice of future updates to these toolkit resources as content is added and revised. It's a great way to stay on top of security issues that affect developers.
Put the resources you need to develop more secure applications at your fingertips. Order your copy of the Microsoft Developer Security Resource Kit today!
Right now the DVD is available World Wide except for EMEA.We're working on fixing this so that users can order it from the EMEA version of Get The Trials http://www.microsoft.com/emea/msdn/getthetrials/default.mspx.
During the Developer & IT-Pro Days 2006 we will cover these security best practices during the session "Best Practices for Implementing Application Security Using the .NET Framework". This session is scheduled on day 2 of the event.
In December at JavaPolis 2005 Microsoft showed some of the capabilities of a beta version of the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 JDBC Driver.
Since last Friday the final release of the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 JDBC Driver is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center. This JDBC driver is a Type 4 JDBC driver that provides database connectivity through the standard JDBC application program interfaces (APIs) available in J2EE (Java2 Enterprise Edition). The release of this Java Database Connectivity driver is important and shows Microsoft's continued commitment to interoperability. The SQL Server 2005 JDBC Driver download is available to all SQL Server users at no additional charge, and provides access to SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005 from any Java application, application server, or Java-enabled applet.
The SQL Server 2005 JDBC Driver is JDBC 3.0 compliant and runs on the Java Development Kit (JDK) version 1.4 and higher. It has been tested against all major application servers including BEA WebLogic, IBM WebSphere, JBoss, and Sun.