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Fortify: Java software is a security risk

Posted Jul 22, 2008 22:07 UTC (Tue) by ncm (subscriber, #165)
Parent article: Fortify: open source software is a security risk for businesses

No, the real point is that "anybody contemplating putting Java code into a security-relevant
setting should look at how the project handles security issues."

(ob-:-)

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Fortify: Software is a security risk

Posted Jul 22, 2008 22:45 UTC (Tue) by dwheeler (guest, #1216) [Link]

The title should read "Software is a security risk".

If the quality of the software is important, you should examine it before you start using it. Period.

Fortify: Java is a security risk

Posted Jul 22, 2008 23:57 UTC (Tue) by ncm (subscriber, #165) [Link]

Yes, but Fortify only sells Java stuff.