Comments on: Hey Apple, Help Developers Write Secure iPhone Software

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[...] company has said that every app undergo a security review. That’s great–I’d like to hear more about it and other steps that Apple takes to [...]

By: David Worthington

David Worthington — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:06:51 +0000

stop by any time.. defame was prob too strong a word. have a good evening.

By: sfmitch

sfmitch — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:58:13 +0000

David, you clearly have spent more time and brain power on the subject. I hope you are right and we will one day look to Microsoft for the the safest and most secure software.

Well, I didn’t mean to defame anybody. I don’t think I actually defamed Caleb, in fact I didn’t say anything bad about him at all or his opinion.

I’ll get back to removing viruses and/or spyware off my client’s PC.

By: David Worthington

David Worthington — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:51:32 +0000

Then I respectfully suggest that you didn’t read the entire article. I also quoted a Forrester analyst, and Rex Black, who is very highly regarded in the industry.

So is Caleb (the guy that you defamed for working at HP). Sometimes our preconceptions get in the way of today’s reality. Microsoft has a long way to go, but the SDL toward securing its products is an industry leading effort.

By: sfmitch

sfmitch — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:47:24 +0000

Sorry, that article didn’t sway my opinion.

1. It is written by the same person who wrote this blog post.

2. The main source is a Microsoft employee running the program being described. It is more of Microsoft telling us how much good work they are doing.

3. The other source is someone from Microsoft’s largest business partner (I think HP would be MS largest partner since they are the largest PC producer). I have no reason to believe this person.

Microsoft has gotten better but since they were so pathetic to begin with, I am not sure that is saying that much.

By: David Worthington

David Worthington — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:37:19 +0000

@sfmitch It may fly in the face of what people think about Microsoft, but read what some of the top security folks in the industry are saying about the SDL.

http://www.sdtimes.com/link/33340

A Microsoft product team cannot ship a product until they clear SDL requirements. Who else in the industry does that, and is willing to share how they do it with their developers? Other companies are in fact COPYING Microsoft on this.

By: sfmitch

sfmitch — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:15:40 +0000

Huh! This is the same Microsoft that is the only major operating system that routinely gets Viruses and has their systems get taken over and enslaved into Botnets, right?

Microsoft is all talk – Windows running Anti-Virus software is WAY more likely to get a virus than a Mac or Linux box.