Re: [SC-L] Grading Secure Programs

2009-08-22 Thread Julie J.C.H. Ryan, D.Sc.
On Aug 21, 2009, at 12:18 PM, Brad Andrews wrote: This brings up a great point. How can we grade a program's security level? Is it just a checkoff list? Which elements should be in that checkoff list? You may be interested in reading: Teaching Secure Programming IEEE Security and

[SC-L] Fwd: re-writing college books - erm.. ahm...

2006-11-07 Thread Julie J.C.H. Ryan
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,

Re: [SC-L] "Bumper sticker" definition of secure software

2006-07-16 Thread Julie J.C.H. Ryan
So, if software is dependably bad and can dependably be counted on to fail, it's secure? Especially if it resists attempts to compromise such dependability? On Jul 15, 2006, at 3:27 PM, Goertzel Karen wrote: > I've been struggling for a while to synthesise a definition of > secure software