Two Bits — RIA wiki page and CapSec
four bits . . . six bits . . . a dollar? Two items of interest – 1. The OWASP wiki page following up from the meeting on the 23rd where we discussed RIA’s (Rich Interactive/Internet Applications — the “I” stands for different things depending on which vendor you quote) is here: http://www.owasp.org/index.php/RIA_Security_Smackdown If you are on the OWASP wiki, you can of course contribute. 2. CapSec is TONIGHT at the Brickskeller in Dupont Circle — once the new job stops kicking my butt (probably some time in September) I may put a website up for it. If you’re in …
August OWASP DC Meeting
At last thursday’s OWASP DC meeting at Aspect Security in Columbia, Andre Ludwig presented an examination of various application frameworks that are currently coming to the forefront in the web and internet-rich application world. The presentation was a feature-level review of the frameworks in question, and though Andre apologized for it not being in depth, the presentation and resulting discussion filled a three hour meeting. The presentation covered Adobe AIR, Google Gears, Microsoft Silverlight, and Sun’s JavaFX. The future of these types of applications was the source of much water cooler talk at Black Hat, even among luminaries such as …