[BangPypers] [OT] language fanaticism

[Dhananjay Nene]

On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 2:33 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves <lawgon at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 2011-07-14 at 10:31 +0530, Baishampayan Ghose wrote:
> > > what fun!
> >
> > I don't understand how Django apps can automatically guarantee a
> > certain level of security while PHP applications can't. Are you trying
> > to indicate that each and every Django app that you've built is free
> > from any security hole?
>
> I would not know - I use standard django with no extra security. When
> they announce that there is a hole, (which they have done twice in the
> last 6 years) I just do an 'svn up'.
>
> Hmm.. I've seen people invest enormous amounts of time and money in
building far more into security than whats provided by the language or the
platform. Built in security features in the platform are critical, but only
the starting point on a very long road.

Dhananjay

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