We're working on it! The problem is not simply a book. gem
-----Original Message----- From: Gadi Evron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed Oct 11 20:58:12 2006 To: Kenneth Van Wyk Cc: Secure Coding Subject: [SC-L] re-writing college books [was: Re: A banner year for software bugs | Tech News on ZDNet] So, how can we edit current basic programming college books to present secure code, a couple of words of the correct way of doing things, and a whole new chapter on secure coding (which may be redudndent?) How do we start? Some Whiley book for introduction to CS? Any volunteers to get this on the road? Gadi. On Wed, 11 Oct 2006, Kenneth Van Wyk wrote: > So here's a lovely statistic for the software community to hang its > hat on: > > http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6124541.html?tag=zdfd.newsfeed > > Among other things, the article says, "Atlanta-based ISS, which is > being acquired by IBM, predicts there will be a 41 percent increase > in confirmed security faults in software compared with 2005. That > year, in its own turn, saw a 37 percent rise over 2004." > > Of course, the real losers in this are the software users, who have > to deal with the never ending onslaught of bugs and patches from > their vendors. We've just _got_ to do better, IMHO, and automating > the patch process is not the answer. > > Cheers, > > Ken > ----- > Kenneth R. van Wyk > KRvW Associates, LLC > http://www.KRvW.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ Secure Coding mailing list (SC-L) SC-L@securecoding.org List information, subscriptions, etc - http://krvw.com/mailman/listinfo/sc-l List charter available at - http://www.securecoding.org/list/charter.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This electronic message transmission contains information that may be confidential or privileged. The information contained herein is intended solely for the recipient and use by any other party is not authorized. If you are not the intended recipient (or otherwise authorized to receive this message by the intended recipient), any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of the information is prohibited. If you have received this electronic message transmission in error, please contact the sender by reply email and delete all copies of this message. Cigital, Inc. accepts no responsibility for any loss or damage resulting directly or indirectly from the use of this email or its contents. Thank You. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Secure Coding mailing list (SC-L) SC-L@securecoding.org List information, subscriptions, etc - http://krvw.com/mailman/listinfo/sc-l List charter available at - http://www.securecoding.org/list/charter.php
