From: "Bobby D. Bryant" <bdbryant@mail.utexas.edu>
Subject: Re: Virus Resistive Software
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 23:56:22 -0600
Date: 2003-08-27T23:56:22-06:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <pan.2003.08.28.05.56.04.962078@mail.utexas.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.7.1061782606.318.comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org
On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 20:34:55 -0700, Robert C. Leif wrote:
> It appears from the latest news reports, that present commercial
> software, particularly email programs, is susceptible to attack by
> viruses. A question with a very big payoff is could software written in
> Ada and perhaps in part in XML be made significantly more virus
> resistant than present commercial software, such as MicrosoftR OutlookR?
> For instance, would the strong type checking of both Ada and XML schema
> help. As a point of information, it is possible to create XML schemas
> that are semantically very similar to Ada type and object declarations.
> Would the use of an Ada protected type with a single entry for reading
> addresses in a user's phone book be of any help?
One of the most prevalent problems is with the software's design rather
than with its implementation. I.e., if your e-mail client will execute
attachments at the click of a cl00bie, there isn't going to be any
salvation found in an Ada/XML implementation.
> <html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
> xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word"
> xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
> xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
>
> <head>
> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)">
Speaking of bad software design, you posted 810 lines to convey 13 lines
of content. You might want to consider switching to a Usenet-friendly
newsreader.
--
Bobby Bryant
Austin, Texas
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2003-08-25 15:55 ` Virus Resistive Software Dmytry Lavrov
2003-08-25 19:29 ` Jeffrey Carter
2003-08-26 9:32 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-26 19:15 ` chris
2003-08-27 3:47 ` Wes Groleau
2003-08-27 19:53 ` Virus Resistive Software (talk about Ada Advocacy) James A. Krzyzanowski
2003-09-04 0:51 ` Randy Brukardt
2003-08-28 5:56 ` Bobby D. Bryant [this message]
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