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title: "Microsoft gives coders a bug-catcher"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/2/10/microsoft-gives-coders-a-bug-catcher.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/2/10/microsoft-gives-coders-a-bug-catcher.html"
published: "2003-02-10T10:40:00"
updated: "2003-02-10T10:40:00"
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author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Microsoft gives coders a bug-catcher The software giant plans to announce on Monday that a plug-in created by security firm Sanctum, scheduled for release in March, will be the first to easily integrate with Microsoft's…"
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# Microsoft gives coders a bug-catcher

By Roy Osherove February 10, 2003

**Historical article** · Originally published February 10, 2003; technical details may be outdated.

[Microsoft gives coders a bug-catcher](http://www.dotnetwire.com/redirect.asp?newsid=4229)
The software giant plans to announce on Monday that a plug-in created by security firm Sanctum, scheduled for release in March, will be the first to easily integrate with Microsoft's development platform Visual Studio .NET. The tool, AppScan Developer Edition 1.5, can be run on Web applications in real time to catch common programming flaws.
Article. Feb 10, 2003.

\[via [.NetWire](http://www.dotnetwire.com/)\]

I Almost worked in sanctum for a while. it's a good company. and this should be a cool addin..


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