Right. How many developers does microsoft have that it can allocate to breaking into its software. How many hackers are there worldwide? I'll bet I'm not the first to admit that I've left "features" in my code as well. Sometimes, clients have a way of finding them that I never thought of.
-----Original Message----- From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 3:04 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Hi > If you were developing a ColdFusion Application that would be > used by thousands worldwide, and you had pockets as deep as > Microsoft, how likely would it be that the application could > be hacked in dozens of different ways? How tough would it be > to spend a couple of million to have a team of hackers go at > it, BEFORE you release it? Better yet, release a hacker beta, > and hand out wads of cash to whoever discovers holes. They > haven't made it a priority. Expedient release is the priority. That's right - expedient release is certainly high on their priority list. That's how you get those deep pockets, you know. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
