Top firms launch web coding error list

Category: Internet Trends

January 13th 09, 14:00

Some of the biggest internet security organisations in the world have teamed up to compile a list of the web programming mistakes that could have potentially harmful consequences for websites and internet users.

MITRE and the SANS Institute oversaw the initiative, through which companies such as Symantec, Secunia and Microsoft put forward suggestions for common errors that should be put on the list.

Among these mistakes were SQL injection, cross-site scripting, error messages that leak vital information and cross-site request forgery, among others.

The aim of releasing the list is to educate programmers on how to write code free of these errors, according to Mason Brown, director of the SANS Institute.

"We need to make sure every programming team has processes in place to find, fix, or avoid these problems and has the tools needed to verify their code is as free of these errors as automated tools can verify," he added.

Meanwhile, a recent report from Commtouch suggested that websites containing user-generated content could be vulnerable to a wave of security weaknesses, such as infected downloads and zombie computer networks.

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