I am pretty late in the game to blog about this, but I am going to do it anyway, because I can ;)
As many of you know, I am a very big fan of the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) and recently OWASP has announce the first release candidate of its Top 10 List for 2010.
On Thursday evening (Nov 12, 2009 @ 5:30) I will be speaking to the Twin Cities Language User Group about CFML.
The Twin Cities Language User Group is, to me, a unique group. It is not focused on a particular language or family of languages, its concept seems to be to bridge the divide between languages and to expose developers to new ideas and methodologies. It seemed like a perfect place to pitch CFML and show other developers just how great CFML is.
I've stated before how highly I think of the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) and I am now very glad to see that they have started a new blog. Hopefully the OWASP Blog will be a great resources for staying up-to-date on security related current events, and to learn more about the status of on-going OWASP projects.
I have recently given up trying to keep up with Microsoft Office. I have nothing against the product, I just don't want to afford it. Especially when there is an excellent free alternative, namely OpenOffice.
I've been using OpenOffice Impress (the OpenOffice alternative to PowerPoint) for a while now, and I really like it. It has done everything that I have needed it to, until last month's Twin Cities ColdFusion User Group meeting.
So I thought I would take a few minutes and blog about what I am working on. I don't expect anyone to care. Feel free to stop reading. I just wanted to write about something that does not require hours of research. I also wanted to just write SOMETHING, to get me back into it so that I do not become to lax in my blogging.
Tomorrow, October 21st, 2008, is the OWASP & FLOSS Application Security Mini-Conference 2008.
The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) is a worldwide free and open community focused on improving the security of application software. - OWASP Website
Google has announced that they have open-sourced RatProxy, which, according to the Google Code site is:
"A semi-automated, largely passive web application security audit tool, optimized for an accurate and sensitive detection, and automatic annotation, of potential problems and security-relevant design patterns based on the observation of existing, user-initiated traffic in complex web 2.0 environments."
