May 2007 - Posts

What if they Escape from Area 51 and eat the network?
17 May 07 07:05 PM

Hello all. I am going to interrupt myself here to relate a discussion that I had with my colleague Lesley. She is a very sharp cookie indeed. We were reviewing a system and she commented that the system was a member of a domain and yet the local admin Read More...

Postedby marklon | 1 Comments    

Protecting against SQL injection attacks
09 May 07 04:13 PM

Ah, another “Updates Tuesday” done although it will be a busy time for a few days yet. We often get questions after we release security bulletins which range from the very simple “Should I install this critical update?” to the horribly complex “Would Read More...

Postedby marklon | 4 Comments    

Filed under: Security

Secure code - things to consider, part 1
04 May 07 11:05 AM

Writing secure code is a very good thing. So is designing secure applications. Together, they make up a piece of the puzzle and you need both if your app is not to be a vector for an attacker. I know that a lot of developers don’t consider security until Read More...

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All change - From debugging to security
01 May 07 01:31 PM

I am back – and sorry to have been away for so long. It has been a bit of a busy time since I last blogged and I would like to explain some of the things that I have been doing since last year I no longer work in developer support although I am still Read More...

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Filed under: Security