Andreas Messer said on Mon, 26 Jul 2021 09:38:23 +0200
>My feeling is, that you can not simply teach someone how to write safe >software. Why not? You can teach a person to do anything else. But maybe not in college, because college is built to make money, not to teach. Consider the average textbook and compare to the average "For Dummies" book. The former makes the subject matter look incredibly complex, justifying the professor. The latter makes it easy to learn. What is needed is a curated document explaining the five or ten or twenty things you need to do to be secure, and then how to achieve them in a practical world. Let's start with input field cleansing and protection from errant pointers and buffer overflow. There are many more: It takes some effort to learn, but I doubt it's rocket science and one certainly doesn't need to come from a family who can fund college plus living expenses for 4 years, or 7, or whatever. SteveT Steve Litt Spring 2021 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
