[Year 12 SofDev] sample exam from vcaa

[gordonp at horsham-college.vic.edu.au]

Does anybody know when the VCAA will be providing a sample exam - or perhaps they have already??

cheers        gordon



"David Dawson" <dgdawson at mgs.vic.edu.au> on Wed, 7 Mar 2007 09:41:05 +1100 wrote:
> Yes, there are vulnerabilities - and there always have been. 
> But there are also difficulties in making any application secure and
> there is nothing new here. 
> So in the interest of fairness I provide this link about the top 10 most
> common VB.Net vulnerabilities in application config files so that you
> can ensure your students do not get a one-sided picture ... the problems
> are not found in only one language:
> http://www.devx.com/dotnet/Article/32493
> It is important to realise that when we use (or call) complex objects
> provided by others, in our applications, that we do not necessarily
> understand what internal switches are left "on" or what data can be
> delivered or accessed through "back doors".
> Does anyone know, for example, if the MS Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
> vulnerabilities in Windows XP were ever been completely solved? 
> Or is anyone here game to say that VISTA is error-free?
> David D
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> stephen at melbpc.org.au
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> Subject: [Year 12 SofDev] Hardened PHP Project
> 
> Hardened PHP Project, 2007
> (see previous message)
> 
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Gordon Poultney