Given the new .Net initiatives, this really makes you think about security in a distributed environment.
<cfparanoid level="possibly justified"> Imagine the day when controls are installed on rogue servers in other countries that you cannot touch.... or that you do not know are hostile in the first place. </cfparanoid> Mike -----Original Message----- From: BILLY CRAVENS [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 11:27 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Hi Keep in mind that most of the exploits aren't due to explicit features, they are usually COM-based. As such, it's not the application that's at fault, it the extensibility. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee Surma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 5:08 PM Subject: Re: Hi > >If P-mail were as popular as Outlook, it would be targetted and exploited. > > >You don't hear about Pegasus Mail viruses because it doesn't have the > >userbase that Outlook does. > > If you were developing a ColdFusion Application that would be used by > thousands worldwide, and you had pockets as deep as Microsoft, how likely > would it be that the application could be hacked in dozens of different > ways? How tough would it be to spend a couple of million to have a team of > hackers go at it, BEFORE you release it? Better yet, release a hacker beta, > and hand out wads of cash to whoever discovers holes. They haven't made > it a priority. Expedient release is the priority. > -- > > > Lee Surma > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
