Chapter 29. Writing Secure Code
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Programming Problems Explained
There is a serious problem facing the security community today. No amount of firewalls, IDS, VPNs, or magic pixie dust can fix this one. This problem starts down deep in the guts of your machines. It's one of the most common ways that an intruder will break into your network. What is it? What is this insidious threat haunting my network? Well, the secret problem of all security administrators might just be a problem they cannot fix by themselves. It's poorly written security code.
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