On Wed, 17 Mar 2004, Thomas Binder wrote: > Hi! > > On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 10:20:26AM -0000, Andrew Aris wrote: > > This is mainly the case because web design people dont really > > think about security, because thats not their job. > > But it is their job to program web applications? I'd rather think > a web /designer/'s responsibility should be limited to "making it > look good" - maybe using JavaScript for some stuff, but nothing > more. > > Of course, that unfortunately does not mean that web application > programmers automatically have a clue on security aspects ... >
The real problem is convining everyone that security actually is their job or concern to some degree or another. This include each person in each cubicle in the office place as well as home users. If we acted with our homes and cars and bank cards like many do with their laptops and desktops, well chaos would truly be the rampant norm. Thanks, Ron DuFresne ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Cutting the space budget really restores my faith in humanity. It eliminates dreams, goals, and ideals and lets us get straight to the business of hate, debauchery, and self-annihilation." -- Johnny Hart ***testing, only testing, and damn good at it too!*** OK, so you're a Ph.D. Just don't touch anything. _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html