On Mon, 6 Nov 2006, Julie J.C.H. Ryan wrote: > Folks, I've been forwarding select messages from this listserv to my > nephews, who are undergrads in CS at some fairly reknown > universities, which shall remain nameless cause it would embarrass > the heck out of them to have the following sentiment aired...... > > Begin forwarded message: > > > > > ya, as per one of your previous emails, we are still taught to use > > only printf and random stuff like that. printf was even incorporated > > into java 1.5 because "it was so good." But right now I think we are > > really just learning base algorithms and ideas rather than security > > practices. Hell, I talked to my student advisor and apparently I can't > > even take security courses till I'm working on a masters degree.
Well, I never recieved any replies here on what's already being done.. so now, I am asking for ideas on how we can approach schools. What's needed, in order for basic CS classes to have a security orientation? Gadi. _______________________________________________ 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