Re: Writing Secure code

From: K K Mookhey <cto(at)nii.co.in>
Date: Fri Dec 27 2002 - 22:36:33 EST

Do check out
http://www.dwheeler.com/secure-programs/ Although for Linux and Unix most of the principles apply to Windows as well. There are books on the subject too.

> And one more thing...<this one might be intresting ;-)> Is it possible
NO. First up, assuming you manage to plug in all the existing vulnerabilities (and that is a big assumption in itself), you can never guarantee security of code from a whole new as-yet-undiscovered class of vulnerabilities. This is like asking, can I have a 100% secure hack-proof server/network/firewall. One can only raise the barrier higher and get the percentages on your side.

HTH K. K. Mookhey
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