Google Shares Its Security Secrets 106
Stony Stevenson writes "Google presents a big fat target for would-be hackers and attackers. At the RSA conference Google offered security professionals a look at its internal security systems. Scott Petry, director of Google's Enterprise and founder of security firm Postini, explained how the company handles constant pressure and scrutiny from attackers. In order to keep its products safe, Google has adopted a philosophy of 'security as a cultural value.' The program includes mandatory security training for developers, a set of in-house security libraries, and code reviews by both Google developers and outside security researchers."
More PHD Cowbell (Score:5, Funny)
It's that darn preset target (Score:5, Funny)
Google presets a big fat target for would-be hackers and attackers.
Must be a new Google appliance. I'm glad it is preset, and does not need any end-user configuration.
In any case, I commute on the train with Google guys in NY. They use their laptops to work on the train, but have those little wireless security devices that generate random passwords for them when they want to log in, so their connection is fully encrypted.
Re:Fluff Acticle (Score:1, Funny)
Pathetic Article (Score:2, Funny)
Is there a page two I'm missing?
Re:It's that darn preset target (Score:4, Funny)
"Those who sacrifice security for liberty deserve neither, either." -- BlowChunx
Re:More PHD Cowbell (Score:5, Funny)
Good luck selling those tiny little ads!!
Re:It's that darn preset target (Score:5, Funny)
"Those who sacrifice security for liberty deserve neither, either." -- BlowChunx
Re:Fluff Acticle (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Security secrets? (Score:4, Funny)
I guess Google shared some secrets, and that's the news. Not that we get to read the secrets. Still, this is Slashdot..
Re:The advantage of being an internet company (Score:3, Funny)
NCC 1701G (Score:5, Funny)
The big secret? apparently google is developing a starship
Re:Security secrets? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Any competently run site is pingable. (Score:2, Funny)
Result of trying to ping slashdot.org:
$ ping slashdot.org
PING slashdot.org (66.35.250.150) 56(84) bytes of data.
--- slashdot.org ping statistics ---
9 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 8010ms
Re:Any competently run site is pingable. (Score:3, Funny)
Hmmm... where's BadAnalogyGuy when you need him? OK, look, blocking ping is like saying that you've seen a guy killed by an Isuzu truck, so you think you can prevent all fatal accidents by banning Isuzu trucks from the highway.
Ooh, ooh, and turning off all ICMP, hence killing PMTU discovery, is like taking the number off your front door to stop your house getting burgled and then wondering why you aren't receiving as much snail mail as you used to.