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-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 107f24,582dff0b3f065a52 X-Google-Attributes: gid107f24,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,582dff0b3f065a52 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,582dff0b3f065a52 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-01 01:24:29 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news1.optus.net.au!optus!newshub1.rdc1.nsw.optushome.com.au!news1.belrs1.nsw.optushome.com.au.POSTED!not-for-mail From: raj Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.functional Subject: Re: How Ada could have prevented the Red Code distributed denial of service attack. Message-ID: <97ffmt0ccpeqe2s34m88cik31ugojebltn@4ax.com> References: <3B6555ED.9B0B0420@sneakemail.com> <87n15lxzzv.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> <3B672322.B5EA1B66@home.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2001 08:24:27 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.164.144.2 X-Complaints-To: abuse@optushome.com.au X-Trace: news1.belrs1.nsw.optushome.com.au 996654267 203.164.144.2 (Wed, 01 Aug 2001 18:24:27 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2001 18:24:27 EST Organization: @Home Network Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:10924 comp.lang.c:71227 comp.lang.c++:78996 comp.lang.functional:7067 Date: 2001-08-01T08:24:27+00:00 List-Id: On Wed, 01 Aug 2001 07:01:13 +0200, "Daniel Fischer" wrote: >> Win32 Buffer Overflows (Location, Exploitation and Prevention) > ~~~~~ >> The buffer overflow occurs because of an old and well known bug in the C >> libraries. >> Using Ada or another modern language like Ocaml or Mozart could have >> prevented this, thus stopping the worm before it infected the very first >> IIS server. > ~~~ >Get a clue. :) IIS servers run on Win32 systems.... IR Thomas --------------------------------------------------- VI VI XIII Roman Neighbour of the Beast