hi everyone :)
i'm wondering ... how do you sensibilize people you work with to security issues ? i mean, for us, it seems to be "natural", but i'm having a hard time explaining it to people i work with. Their background is NOT computer science, maybe that explains.
This leads to totally insane code : just imagine, we have a server that we host, and we dispatch a thin client (to almost anyone). The client i wrote was filtering inputs and was making sure that only the expected parameters were sent to the server. Then i went on vacations. When i was back, they had removed all of those, and said "this is clearer and cleaner this way - the server will warn the client if a parameter is MISSING" ... and i had spent time explaining them (and sending them a bunch of articles on security issues) that the danger comes from un-filtered params and extra params .... what could i do (appart from quitting this company, what i'm currently doing, but for several othert reasons ;]) ?

In reply to how could i make "them" understand that security IS important ? by iza

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