Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: tool for reading /etc/conf.d/net?
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:02:59
Message-Id: 201007111959.29001.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: tool for reading /etc/conf.d/net? by Kyle Bader
1 On Sunday 11 July 2010 19:26:17 Kyle Bader wrote:
2 > > Most secured - App i C++ or C.
3 >
4 > Programs written in c++/c are not inherently secure, the programmer
5 > must make use of best practices using secure functions, etc.
6
7 Programs are not inherently secure, the programmer must make use of best
8 practices using secure functions, etc.
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10 Yes, that's better. Much closer to the truth.
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12 All languages are insecure, to about the same degree. The only difference is
13 the method of the attack vectors.
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15 We use Von Neumann machines. "Inherently secure" is a pipe-dream with those
16 and will never exist.
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20 alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com