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Old 05-05-2010, 04:50 PM   #1
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Arrow Google Releases Vulnerable, Bug-Ridden Microblogging App -- On Purpose!


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Google just announced the release of Jarlsberg, a microblogging app specifically designed to be full of bugs and security flaws.

The app is being released through Google Labs and Google Code University as a security tutorial for coders. Google is encouraging programmers to try their hands at exploiting weaknesses in Jarlsberg as a way of teaching them how to avoid similar vulnerabilities in their own code.
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Thanks to Slashdot for covering this.

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Old 05-11-2010, 08:31 AM   #2
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These is a very fantastic article and worth reading, Google had really did a very amazing thing that it will help to avoid vulnerabilities in their own code. I think it will now will work great for code writer.
 
  


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