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Re: [Dailydave] Lame studies that people quote as fact that have no basis in reality and still don't prove anything even if they did

From: Dave Aitel (daveimmunitysec.com)
Date: Wed Feb 04 2004 - 12:43:05 CST


Ok, so it's a really old figure based on having to create punch cards and mail them individually to users or something. Has nothing to do with security.

-dave

from abrineyinfosecuritymag.com:
>It was a 1981 IBM study called "Implementing Software Inspections" by the IBM Systems Sciences Institute.

>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Dave Aitel [mailto:daveimmunitysec.com]
>>Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 11:05 AM
>>To: Briney, Andrew
>>Subject: sources!
>>
>>[...] Which study was it that claimed the 6.5 figure?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Dave
>