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RE: Languages/platforms used for Web apps. Any stats?
From: "Mark Curphey" <mark () curphey com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 08:08:32 -0400
Large organizations tend to use Java and .NET Small to Medium Size organizations often tend to use LAMP (Exceptions exist everywhere in life) People on discussion lists / BBS tend to be the passionate few Passionate people tend to work for smaller companies Therefore I would suggest that the reporting on the number of issues with PHP is not a good indication of its security posture due to; A disproportionate amount of bugs reported versus actual implementations The might be explained by a bias of a type of person talking about things they use in public (whereas their counterpart typically discusses this less (less passion maybe ;-)) Also if the cost of entry is low, you will see less commitment. Less commitment will = less security. That is to say if my grand mother can write a simple PHP app but not "fast CCGI" then chances are she will not be able to write secure apps in either. One has a chance of making it on the net, the other not. At work I honestly can't remember the last time we reviewed a PHP app for a client. This maybe because we mainly deal with Fortune 1000 / gov (larger orgs) but for us it would be less that 0.5 percent. That said if you take a look at some of the fundamental language issues as AJV suggested I would hypothesis PHP has a lot to work with. Also if you look at ASP.NET you would struggle to disagree that MS have not done a good job of making security easy (especially in ASP.NET 2.0) for the drag and drop brigade. -----Original Message----- From: prep () prep synonet com [mailto:prep () prep synonet com] Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 4:26 AM To: livshits () cs stanford edu Cc: webappsec () securityfocus com Subject: Re: Languages/platforms used for Web apps. Any stats? The best source I know of is Netcraft, http://www.netcraft.net They do regular update on who is running what for servers and on a lesser basis, apps as well. -- Paul Repacholi 1 Crescent Rd., +61 (08) 9257-1001 Kalamunda. West Australia 6076 comp.os.vms,- The Older, Grumpier Slashdot Raw, Cooked or Well-done, it's all half baked. EPIC, The Architecture of the future, always has been, always will be.
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- Re: Languages/platforms used for Web apps. Any stats? Mark Susol Ultimate Creative Media (Jun 25)
- Re: Languages/platforms used for Web apps. Any stats? Steve McCullough (Jun 26)
- Re: Languages/platforms used for Web apps. Any stats? Jesse G. Lands (Jun 26)
- Re: Languages/platforms used for Web apps. Any stats? Mamading Ceesay (Jun 26)
- Re: Languages/platforms used for Web apps. Any stats? Mark Susol Ultimate Creative Media (Jun 25)
- Re: Languages/platforms used for Web apps. Any stats? Andrew van der Stock (Jun 24)
- Re: Languages/platforms used for Web apps. Any stats? focus (Jun 24)
- Re: Languages/platforms used for Web apps. Any stats? Steve McCullough (Jun 26)
- Re: Languages/platforms used for Web apps. Any stats? Rob Lanphier (Jun 25)
- Re: Languages/platforms used for Web apps. Any stats? Gary Warner (Jun 25)
- Re: Languages/platforms used for Web apps. Any stats? prep (Jun 25)
- RE: Languages/platforms used for Web apps. Any stats? Mark Curphey (Jun 25)
- RE: Languages/platforms used for Web apps. Any stats? Steve Slater (Jun 25)
- Re: Languages/platforms used for Web apps. Any stats? Adam Shostack (Jun 25)
- Re: Languages/platforms used for Web apps. Any stats? Ben Sytko (Jun 25)
- RE: Languages/platforms used for Web apps. Any stats? Mark Curphey (Jun 25)
- RE: Languages/platforms used for Web apps. Any stats? Mark Curphey (Jun 25)