Virtual Identity Dialogue

Writing Secure Code -- Links -- November 14, 2008

By mark.wilcox on November 21, 2008 12:36 PM

This week is all Oracle. Mostly because this was a week of interesting stories from us. "OpenLiberty: Announcing Project Aristotle" This week was a major achievement in the life of Identity Governance Framework (IGF) with the launch of Project Aristotle....

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Writing Secure Code -- Links -- November 14, 2008

By mark.wilcox on November 18, 2008 9:50 AM

It was a slow week for links, so a little delay. Also trying out a new layout. "Top 10 Security Developments of the Last Decade" This is an interesting article outlining some of the items that have really helped improve...

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Writing Secure Code -- Links -- November 7, 2008

By mark.wilcox on November 8, 2008 10:51 AM

Why traditional security doesn't work for SOA -- This is a good article on security challenges in Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). Oracle does provide an excellent security product in the SOA Suite (Oracle Web Services Security Manager or OWSM aka...

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Writing Secure Code -- Links -- October 31,2008

By mark.wilcox on November 3, 2008 5:37 AM

A little late because of travel. Secure database authentication in  ADO.NET applications -- This article covers various options connecting to databases in the ADO.NET framework. I don't know if  I completely agree with everything in the article, but I don't...

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I'm Speaking at (free!) Silicon Valley Code Camp - November 8 and 9, 2008

By mark.wilcox on October 30, 2008 9:12 AM

I know it's a bit of a late notice but if you will be in the Silicon Valley area and want to spend a weekend learning about a variety of coding topics (and not just Oracle) this looks to be...

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Writing Secure Code -- Links -- October 24, 2008

By mark.wilcox on October 24, 2008 4:40 PM

ITWire - Life in the trenches: an OpenSSH developer speaks -- This is an interesting interview with one of the developers of OpenSSH. If you are not familiar with OpenSSH it's the secure access protocol you use to access remote...

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Writing Secure Code -- Links -- October 17, 2008

By mark.wilcox on October 17, 2008 6:51 PM

Enterprise Single Sign-on: It's Simple Economics -- For many of my readers this article will be old news - reducing the number of passwords saves money. The Oracle Identity and Access Management Suite provides products that enable this. Our directory...

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How Oracle Can Help You Write More Secure Code

By mark.wilcox on October 9, 2008 3:37 PM

Now when James McGovern repeats his question of "when will Oracle show how to write secure code" we can point him to this post :). First - make sure to read and check-back with Oracle Secure Technology Center.This is basically...

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Writing Secure Code - Links - October 10, 2008

By mark.wilcox on October 9, 2008 4:32 AM

Posting early since I'm taking Friday off. Crisis Begets accountability and transparency --  While not directly about software code it is an article that can be used as a "teachable moment" across many disciplines.  From a programming perspective, the lesson...

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Writing Secure Code - Links - October 3, 2008

By mark.wilcox on October 3, 2008 3:47 AM

5 Password Utilities That Will Make Your Life Simpler -- Not really any coding tips but since passwords will be with us for a long time - these might be helpful for you and your users. Interesting they mentioned OpenID...

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Writing Secure Code - Links - September 26, 2008

By mark.wilcox on September 29, 2008 2:52 PM

Apologies for this being late. Because of OOW I got a bit behind. Passwords -- This blog post from the "Blown to Bits" blog talks about problems with passwords. On a personal level - you should have a random password....

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Writing Secure Code - Links - September 12, 2008

By mark.wilcox on September 12, 2008 2:01 PM

Since I'm focusing this blog more on the technical side - I thought I would try to regularly provide a set of links and commentary to security and privacy articles I find.    "For Your Browser Only" -- Reminds developer's...

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