Re: Programming

[Kevin Conaway <kevin.conaway () gmail com>]

Ben,

Programming languages are tools and the its commonly accepted that one
should use the right tool for the job.

If you are however looking for a well-rounded, general purpose
programming language, I would go with either Java or Python. 
Oreilly.com has some wonderul beginning texts on both of these
languages.

Two books on building secure software would be:

"Building Secure Software" by John Viega, Gary McGraw
http://www.bookpool.com/.x/e5encmvsq0/sm/020172152X

"Secure Coding: Principles and Practices" by Mark Graff and Kenneth van Wyk
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/securecdng/

Kevin


On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 09:17:00 +0100, dayz () planet nl <dayz () planet nl> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to begin with learning programming to increase my knowledge about
> security, but I don't know where to begin. Can someone tell me which
> programming language is good to start with, and pherhaps what book
> and/or online guides I should take a look at?
> It would be nice that if I learn a programming language that it
> shouldn't be much work to understand another one.
>
> I am on Linux and Windows.
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ben