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VIDEO: Jeff Forristal, also known by the alias Rain Forrest Puppy

Nov 27, 2013

Jeff Forristal, also known by the alias Rain Forrest Puppy, was one of the first people to ever document SQL injection. Forristal, now the CTO of mobile security vendor Bluebox Security, wrote the first public discussion about it, back in 1998.

In a video interview with eSecurity Planet, Forristal discusses how he chose his alias and how he first came across SQL injection.

Read the full story at eSecurityPlanet:
How Was SQL Injection Discovered?

Sean Michael Kerner is a senior editor at InternetNews.com. Follow him on Twitter @TechJournalist.

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