From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,5bc4be576204aa20 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!news.glorb.com!fr.ip.ndsoftware.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!newsfeed.inode.at!news.hispeed.ch!linux2.krischik.com!news From: Martin Krischik Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Buffer overflow Article - CACM Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 09:49:14 +0100 Organization: Cablecom Newsserver Message-ID: <2421265.tcOOYmdnmL@linux1.krischik.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 84-73-3-231.dclient.hispeed.ch Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: news.hispeed.ch 1131871931 14442 84.73.3.231 (13 Nov 2005 08:52:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@hispeed.ch NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 08:52:11 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: KNode/0.9.2 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:6356 Date: 2005-11-13T09:49:14+01:00 List-Id: adaworks@sbcglobal.net wrote: > There is an interesting article in the current issue of the Communications > of the ACM (Vol 48, No 11, page 50) about preventing stack > buffer overflow attacks. The authors, Kuperman, Brodley, Ozdoganoglu, > Viuakumar, and Jalote, write as if they have never heard of Ada. > > In one paragraph, they criticize C as being vulnerable to such attacks > and then dismiss Pascal as being unable to address low-level issues. > As I read their solution, it became clear that simply choosing Ada for > their development language would solve the vast majority of their > concerns. > > This kind of article appears every now and then. The authors of these > articles write as if it is necessary to improve C or invent new tools > when all they really have to do is discover Ada. Is there an Online Version of that article? And if so: Would you mind if I copy/paste your Text to /. - That's only of you have no /. user yourself. Martin -- mailto://krischik@users.sourceforge.net Ada programming at: http://ada.krischik.com