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Holding Developers Liable For Bugs
sebFlyte writes "According to a ZDNet report, Howard Schmidt, ex-White House cybersecurity advisor, thinks that developers should be held personally liable for security flaws in code they write. He doesn't seem to think that writing poor code is entirely the fault of coders though: he blames the education system. He was speaking in his capacity as CEO of a security consulting firm at Secure London 2005."
About this little thing called "the mosquito" which we received as part of Earth v1.0....
He doesn't seem to think that writing poor code is entirely the fault of coders though: he blames the education system.
You know, I don't think it's entirely his fault that he's an idiot: I blame the education system.
Whatever happened to holding the people who exploit vulnerabilities responsible?
That's crazy talk! What are you thinking, man? Next you'll suggest that when I walk down the street with my entire head completely exposed and vulnerable, that somehow the mugger than hits me over the head with a baseball bat may somehow be responsible for the outcome! See how crazy you are?
Or, when I lock my door and leave my house for the day, and a guy comes along with a sledgehammer and just breaks in anyway - I suppose you think that the person with the sledgehammer is somehow responsible for that? Totally twisted, man.
Don't disappoint your bird dog. Go to the range.