SDTimes – January 15, 2008

  • Another thing for the release checklists: deleted files from virtual hard disks are made non-recoverable at least one of the machine images available for download at TechNet did not have its free space wiped, and files thought deleted proved recoverable from an evaluation copy of the Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VPC Image.
  • Eclipse Accessibility Tools Framework
  • Some points from the Overcoming SOA Insecurity article
    • Identity Management (it’s not just people anymore)
    • XML Security (XML Injection, encryption)
    • Write rules for your SOA and apply them
    • Reuse (trusted) components
    • Clean seperation of services
    • Do your own penetration testing
    • Get proof from partners that their services are tested (for security) and bind it contractually
    • Do it all again; SOA is a moving target

ST&P – February 2008
Nothing much of interest this month except for Karen’s article on multi-user testing. I’ll be sending a pointer to this to at least one person.