Return-Path: Received: from central-city-carrier-station.mit.edu by po11.mit.edu (8.9.2/4.7) id FAA01582; Thu, 17 Jan 2002 05:27:48 -0500 (EST) Received: from manawatu-mail-centre.mit.edu (MANAWATU-MAIL-CENTRE.MIT.EDU [18.7.21.85]) by central-city-carrier-station.mit.edu (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id FAA11605; Thu, 17 Jan 2002 05:26:32 -0500 (EST) Received: from all-night-tool.mit.edu (ALL-NIGHT-TOOL.MIT.EDU [18.7.16.70]) by manawatu-mail-centre.mit.edu (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id FAA23744; Thu, 17 Jan 2002 05:26:31 -0500 (EST) Received: (from alien@localhost) by all-night-tool.mit.edu (8.9.3) id FAA17278; Thu, 17 Jan 2002 05:26:31 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <200201171026.FAA17278@all-night-tool.mit.edu> To: sipb-office@MIT.EDU cc: tetazoo@MIT.EDU, senior-house@MIT.EDU, florey@MIT.EDU, doom@MIT.EDU, nutso-flaming-pikans@MIT.EDU, ec-discuss@MIT.EDU Subject: Security and Software Engineering Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 05:26:31 -0500 From: alien "Security and Software Engineering" TONIGHT! 7PM * 3-133 A talk by Steve Bellovin, one of the creators of USENET and co-author of "Firewalls and Internet Security: Repelling the Wily Hacker" "Most security problems are due to buggy code. This suggests that we should look towards software engineering for approaches to solutions. I will discuss several serious failures, and show how better program and system design might have averted them." TONIGHT! at 7PM in 3-133 Sponsored by SIPB --*-- This event is sponsored by the Student Information --*-- Processing Board (SIPB) and is open to all members of the MIT community. For more information about SIPB IAP classes, see http://www.mit.edu/iap, call x3-3788, or stop by our office (room W20-557).