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: 109fba,582dff0b3f065a52 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,582dff0b3f065a52 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-10 05:04:43 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!194.213.69.151!news.algonet.se!newsfeed1.telenordia.se!algonet!newsfeed1.funet.fi!newsfeeds.funet.fi!news.helsinki.fi!not-for-mail From: Joona I Palaste Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: How Ada could have prevented the Red Code distributed denial of service attack. Date: 10 Aug 2001 12:04:43 GMT Organization: University of Helsinki Message-ID: <9l0ikr$ljr$1@oravannahka.helsinki.fi> References: <9kpo9r$415@augusta.math.psu.edu> <5drpk9.l0e.ln@10.0.0.2> <9krhd2$6po@augusta.math.psu.edu> <3B7225A1.DC95C8A6@home.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: sirppi.helsinki.fi X-Trace: oravannahka.helsinki.fi 997445083 22139 128.214.205.27 (10 Aug 2001 12:04:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.helsinki.fi NNTP-Posting-Date: 10 Aug 2001 12:04:43 GMT User-Agent: tin/1.4.2-20000205 ("Possession") (UNIX) (OSF1/V4.0 (alpha)) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:11753 comp.lang.c:73382 comp.lang.c++:81519 Date: 2001-08-10T12:04:43+00:00 List-Id: Mark Wilden scribbled the following on comp.lang.c: > wrote in message > news:fjouk9.2ua.ln@10.0.0.2... >> 'Good enough' is a perfectly valid argument which ALSO applies >> to medical instruments and flight gear. > The recent decision not to mandate nonflammable jet fuel is a good example. If you ask me, non-flammable fuel for anything is a pretty bad idea. -- /-- Joona Palaste (palaste@cc.helsinki.fi) ---------------------------\ | Kingpriest of "The Flying Lemon Tree" G++ FR FW+ M- #108 D+ ADA N+++| | http://www.helsinki.fi/~palaste W++ B OP+ | \----------------------------------------- Finland rules! ------------/ "To doo bee doo bee doo." - Frank Sinatra