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The Peon's Guide To Secure System Development

Posted by michael on from the mincing-words dept.

libertynews writes "Michael Bacarella has written an article on coding and security. He starts out by saying 'Increasingly incompetent developers are creeping their way into important projects. Considering that most good programmers are pretty bad at security, bad programmers with roles in important projects are guaranteed to doom the world to oblivion.' It is well worth the time to read it."

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  1. a good read by lactose99 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I found 2 quotes particularly enjoyable:

    Call yourself a computer professional? Congratulations. You are responsible for the imminent collapse of civilization.

    and

    The user is pure evil.

    Very true and sometimes misunderstood bits of information.

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    1. Re:a good read by Digital+Mage · · Score: 5, Funny

      1) Users are pure evil.
      2) Civilization is made up of users.
      3) Computer professionals are responsible for the collapse of civilization.
      4) Computer professionals will therefore destroy all evil. ;^)...Cool!

    2. Re:a good read by Tack · · Score: 3, Funny

      This is almost true, unfortunately I must ammend 2) and 4):

      1) Users are pure evil. (Given.)
      2) Civilization is made up of users and computer professionals. (Assumption)
      3) Computer professionals are responsible for the collapse of civilization. (Given.)
      4) Computer professionals will therefore destroy all evil and take themselves out in the process. (Conclusion.)

      Jason.

  2. Of course... by ultramk · · Score: 3, Funny

    the real question that any developer needs to ask...

    "What you need doing? Daboo!"

    going back to minding my fortress now...

    m-

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  3. Peon?! by gergi · · Score: 5, Funny

    Everyone knows peons don't care about security. They just go around doing whatever they're told to do. Half the time, they're just standing around because there's nothing for them to do. They are oblivious to security breaches... I can't tell you how many peons I've seen getting hacked to death without them even noticing! And if they do notice, all they ever respond with is "Stop poking me!!!"

    Peons, indeed

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  4. Re:So basically... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Writing Solid Code: Microsoft's Techniques for Developing Bug-Free C Programs by Steve Maguire (Paperback

    Also holds the world record for "Shortest Book".

  5. Your wife's in-laws? by Wee · · Score: 3, Funny
    One time I was in the next state visiting the wife's inlaws...

    Wouldn't your wife's in-laws be your parents?

    Sorry, couldn't resist... :-)

    -B

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