secure programming

[Vaughn Treude]

That sounds like a really good topic.  I know I'd certainly benefit.

Vaughn

On Wednesday 03 December 2003 18:18, you wrote:
> moin, moin,
>
> the shadow thread brought up an important point that often gets overlooked:
>
> security
>
> I'm certain we've all had to deal with programs that really didn't do
> security correctly.
>
> Anybody want to do a presentation on secure programming?
>
> Maybe cover things like c lib routines that are buffer overlaod safe. They
> exist, but they don't always get used.
>
> I can cover some simple shell stuff like tempfile, but I would be out of my
> element in other languages.
>
> This topic would actually make several good presentations, e.g.
> methodology, methodology of parsing user input, network stacks, secure
> Perl, secure Python, etc.
>
> Alan wants to move to monthlies. This could be a good way to go.
>
> ciao,
>
> der.hans