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Apps and Services with .NET 7

By : Mark J. Price
Book Image

Apps and Services with .NET 7

By: Mark J. Price

Overview of this book

Apps and Services with .NET 7 is for .NET 6 and .NET 7 developers who want to kick their C# and .NET understanding up a gear by learning the practical skills and knowledge they need to build real-world applications and services. It covers specialized libraries that will help you monitor and improve performance, secure your data and applications, and internationalize your code and apps. With chapters that put a variety of technologies into practice, including Web API, OData, gRPC, GraphQL, SignalR, and Azure Functions, this book will give you a broader scope of knowledge than other books that often focus on only a handful of .NET technologies. It covers the latest developments, libraries, and technologies that will help keep you up to date. You’ll also leverage .NET MAUI to develop mobile apps for iOS and Android as well as desktop apps for Windows and macOS.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
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Index

Practicing and exploring

Test your knowledge and understanding by answering some questions, getting some hands-on practice, and exploring the topics covered in this chapter with deeper research.

Exercise 8.1 – Test your knowledge

Answer the following questions:

  1. Of the encryption algorithms provided by .NET, which is the best choice for symmetric encryption?
  2. Of the encryption algorithms provided by .NET, which is the best choice for asymmetric encryption?
  3. What is a rainbow attack?
  4. For encryption algorithms, is it better to have a larger or smaller block size?
  5. What is a cryptographic hash?
  6. What is a cryptographic signature?
  7. What is the difference between symmetric and asymmetric encryption?
  8. What does RSA stand for?
  9. Why should passwords be salted before being stored?
  10. SHA1 is a hashing algorithm designed by the United States National Security Agency. Why should you never use it?

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