Re: [Full-disclosure] VUPEN Security Research - Adobe Flash Player RTMP Data Processing Object Confusion (CVE-2013-2555)

[Benji <me@xxxxxxxxx>]

(in my opinion)


On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 11:42 PM, Benji <me@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Yes, a better idea would be to educate and inform developers. At a
> business level atleast this will a) save extra expenditure on needless
> staff  and extra departments b) result in faster turn arounds as there's
> then less time needed for remediation. At a technical level, it will
> atleast result in less 'dumb' bugs (assuming training and education is
> effective and relevant).
>
> I think at this point expecting software to have 0 flaws or being under
> the illusion that software will ever be flawless in it's current state is
> like wishing really hard before bed every night that genetics and evolution
> will make you a unicorn.
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 11:35 PM, Bryan <bryan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I am just saying that developers and designers make mistakes and
>> that there is no getting around that. Rather than relying on the
>> benevolent 0day researchers from the sky publicly disclosing their
>> vulnerabilities, more responsible QA testing within the company will
>> prevent many of these vulnerabilities from occurring in the first
>> place. Or do you have a better idea?
>>
>> On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 11:06:33PM +0100, Benji wrote:
>> >    Let me expand on that, otherwise I'm sure it's unclear.
>> >    Is your suggestion, to remove the worry of developers making
>> mistakes, to
>> >    add another human process after it and rely on this to remove all
>> >    mistakes?
>> >
>> >    On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 10:54 PM, Benji <me@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> >      Yes, after the people that can make mistakes, we should have
>> people that
>> >      are incapable of making mistakes. I totally agree, what a good
>> idea.
>> >
>> >      On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 10:28 PM, Bryan <bryan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >        The code monkeys can make mistakes as long as there is a process
>> to
>> >        detect and remedy their mistakes before things get shipped.
>> Hiring
>> >        decent application security researchers to audit their code
>> would be a
>> >        good start.
>> >        On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 09:51:40AM -0400, Lee wrote:
>> >        > On 4/20/13, Sergio Alvarez <shadown@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >        > > Why instead of discussing about ethics about 0days, don't you
>> >        discuss about
>> >        > > responsible DEVELOPMENT instead?
>> >        > > If products where properly designed and developed there
>> wouldn't
>> >        be 0days
>> >        > > for them, would them?
>> >        >
>> >        > Only if the designers & developers were perfect and never made
>> >        mistakes.
>> >
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