Re: Inspecting Code for Security

At Mon, 20 Sep 2004 15:55:35 -0400,
caleb.dods@bell.ca wrote:
> I have a background in programming and code inspection. However our 
> inspections were not targeted at security, instead they looked for logic 
> errors, over complex code, missing comments, etc.
>  
> With security in mind what things other things should I be looking for in a 
> code inspection? I can think of the following, but I'm sure there are others:
>  
> - buffers that could be overflowed
> - ensuring all input is validated (checked to ensure it is of the proper
> type & format) 
> - ensuring passwords & other encrypted date is not stored unencrypted in 
> memory
> - ensuring strong encryption is used
> - ensuring no easter eggs / backdoors are left in the code

I would start by reading this:

http://www.dwheeler.com/secure-programs/

Later,
George

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