What security questions do developers ask? A large-scale study of stack overflow posts

• Main Authors: YANG, Xinli, David LO, XIA, Xin, WAN, Zhi-Yuan, SUN, Jian-Ling
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2016
• Subjects: empirical study; security; Stack Overflow; topic model; Computer Sciences; Software Engineering
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/3577; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/4578/viewcontent/WhatSecurityQnsDevelopersAsk_2016_pvoa.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Security has always been a popular and critical topic. With the rapid development of information technology, it is always attracting people’s attention. However, since security has a long history, it covers a wide range of topics which change a lot, from classic cryptography to recently popular mobi...