The Register news site has just released an important article (Google gears hack attack) that highlights a modern danger with software development. Previously it was quite clear cut as to the platform of your application, IE is it a desktop app, or a web app, or a citrix client app etc. But with the convergence of several modern technologies such as Adobe's AIR and Google's GEARS some of the previous boundaries are becoming blurred.

No longer is an application a single, gateway specific, platform bound instance. As architects we must now encompass new potential security issues that were previously reserved for differing platforms. With the migration of applications across multiple platforms and previous technology boundaries this is something we must all keep in the forefront of software development.

I know I will during the planning phases of my next AIR app.