Going on its 12th year, BASTA! Spring 2008 is happening again and uniting developers from all over Europe to showcase Microsoft’s latest technology.  This year, BASTA! Spring 2008 will be held in Frankfurt, Germany from February 25th to 29th, 2008.  Over these 5 days, speakers from around the world (America, Europe, and Asia) will inspire and educate developers on the hottest topics and issues relevant to the Microsoft development platform.

BASTA! Spring 2008 will present the best possible support for your everyday work in the form of Best Practices, Hands-on Power-workshops and interesting sessions offered by well-known national and international .NET experts. These experts will give you advice, ideas, support and answers for your current and future projects with Visual Studio 2008, SQL Server 2008 and .NET Framework.
BASTA! 2008 will dedicate a particular focus on the following:C # is the most popular language for . NET developers. The C # Days deal in more than ten sessions with the new version. C # experts will talk about LINQ and also the many other language features of C # 3.0.

• Visual Studio Team System 2008 is the tool highlighted for Microsoft Visual Studio application lifecycle management. On the VSTS Days experts will show the opportunities VSTS will bring and if it’s application is worthwhile for you or not.
• The Architecture Day highlights the topics in the field of software architecture, such as SOA or Application Lifecycle Management, and provides important information for projects of all sizes. The Architecture Day is aimed at project managers, managers and all other IT leaders and presented in 60-minute lectures given by experts and experienced consultants, project managers and IT architects with strategic information to help you get your projects successfully.
• Early 2008, SharePoint 2007 celebrated his first birthday party. Windows SharePoint Services and the Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server by Microsoft have jumped into the corporate world. SharePoint Technology Day will show how developers can effectively and profitably use SharePoint technology in their projects.

Michael Li, InfoCan Management's Chief Technology Officer, will be speaking at BASTA! Spring 2008 on the following topic:

ASP.NET, Defend your apps from 8 Most Common Attacks

Security is something that should be considered from the initial design of a system instead of an after-thought.  Attacks can range simply from satisfying the personal ego of a would-be hacker to stealing corporate assets or monetary gains.  You cannot properly protect your applications unless you know where and what are the vulnerabilities.  This hands-on session will take you through the types of threats and the 5 most common attacks known on the Internet to-date:  DoS (Denial of Services), SQL injection, cross-site scripting, site hijacking and input-tampering attacks.  If you are not familiar with any or all of these threats, you own yourself and/or your employer this 1h15m session to learn about your risk exposure.

In addition, two separate methods of documenting and modeling your current threat exposure will be covered.  These techniques will help you properly identify and organize your mitigation priorities.

The techniques shown in this session are applicable to all web development projects regardless platform and languages.