Tag: Win32
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How to Isolate Only Administrator-Required Work in Windows Apps
A practical deep dive into keeping a Windows UI app at asInvoker while isolating administrator-only operations into a helper EXE, covering UAC, runas, named ...
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DPAPI Best Practices for Keeping Secrets out of Plaintext Config in Windows Apps
A practical guide to using DPAPI and ProtectedData to keep passwords, API tokens, and other secrets out of plaintext Windows app configuration files, includi...
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A Minimum Security Checklist for Windows Application Development
A practical minimum security checklist for Windows desktop application development, covering permissions, signing, secrets, transport security, input validat...