+1 -----Original Message----- From: Russ Michaels [mailto:r...@michaels.me.uk] Sent: 28 March 2014 20:42 To: cf-talk Subject: Re: "The long tail of ColdFusion fail"
A locked door is useless if you leave the windows open. Russ Michaels www.michaels.me.uk cfmldeveloper.com cflive.net cfsearch.com On 28 Mar 2014 19:09, "Dave Watts" <dwa...@figleaf.com> wrote: > > > I also once had a client who did this, they were Linux heads who > > thought that hiding the "sucky insecure windows/cf server" behind a > > linux server and doing a reverse proxy would make it secure. > > There is no such thing as "make it secure", of course. But it is more > secure. It solves one specific security problem - preventing > executable code from being directly accessed from an untrusted > network. > > > But of course it didn't as everything still works the same way, the > > SQL injections still got through, the insecure file upload forms > > still > allowed > > files to be uploaded, which could then be executed as they had > > cfexecute and cfregistry enabled. > > So what you're saying is that, despite the fact that the environment > was (more) secure by default, developers accidentally wrote > exploitable code? > > I have the feeling there's some lesson to be drawn from this. I wonder > what it is? > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > 1-202-527-9569 > http://www.figleaf.com/ > http://training.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA > Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:358226 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
