Difference between revisions of "Fail securely"

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Applications regularly fail to process transactions for many reasons. How they fail can determine if an application is secure or not.

For example:

isAdmin = true; 
try { 
  codeWhichMayFail(); 
  isAdmin = isUserInRole( “Administrator” ); 
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
  log.write(ex.toString()); 
}

If codeWhichMayFail() fails, the user is an admin by default. This is obviously a security risk.

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-==Categories==
+==Overview==
+Applications regularly fail to process transactions for many reasons. How they fail can determine if an application is secure or not.
+For example:
+ isAdmin = true;
+ try {
+   codeWhichMayFail();
+   isAdmin = isUserInRole( “Administrator” );
+ }
+ catch (Exception ex)
+ {
+   log.write(ex.toString());
+ }
+If codeWhichMayFail() fails, the user is an admin by default. This is obviously a security risk.
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