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No. A property of a system that leads to compromises is a vulnerability. Let's not let give in to neo-essentialism. Just because the word "vulnerability" has be
by javascriptlol 15y ago
No. A property of a system that leads to compromises is a vulnerability. Let's not let give in to neo-essentialism. Just because the word "vulnerability" has been assigned some narrow meaning in the past is no reason to enforce that usage. This is a problem, and "vulnerability" is plainly as the sun shines the right word for it.
- einhverfr 15y agoPut another way, security problems are as much architectural problems as programming mistakes. If the architecture is secure, the programming mistakes will be less severe. Start with a good architecture and the rewards, security-wise, will be substantial. This is the problem. We think of a security problem as "the developer made a mistake." Often it's the software architect who made the mistake, and if we insist that frameworks weed out the bad architects we are all better off.