Re: Do you compile production programs for debug?

Why would a programmer have that level of access to a production system?

That was the scenario under discussion.

True dat. But he also said that "developers do not have authority to debug
production jobs. A few admin types have this authority, so it can be done."
As it should be.

And, I'm probably more wronger, more often, than you, Buck.

- Dan

On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 3:25 PM, Buck Calabro <kc2hiz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 3/31/2015 3:10 PM, Dan wrote:

There are security considerations. Imagine a malicious programmer
debugging the Accounts Payable check program:

Why would a programmer have that level of access to a production system?

That was the scenario under discussion.

Personally, I would address that before I'd worry about leaving debug in
production apps.

I don't think this is a hypothetical case of 'what happens if I
accidentally leave debug data in a program' but it won't be the first
time I'm wrong today.

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--buck

Anything I think I know is from observation. I wish I had better vision.
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