From: "Robert I. Eachus" <rieachus@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: Ada BIND was: Improving Ada's image - Was: 7E7 Flight Controls Electronics
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 23:08:02 -0400
Date: 2004-06-11T23:08:02-04:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <rtKdnaxkjvMO7lfdRVn-vA@comcast.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <40CA0032.3010103@noplace.com>
Marin David Condic wrote:
> So if the protocol is weak and is the source of security errors, then
> how does implementing the same protocol in Ada gain anything? Or would
> it be "interesting" to watch a bunch of guys try to make it so by
> rewriting the exact, same logic flaws in Ada? :-)
>
> OTOH, if you come up with a whole *new* protocol that is designed to add
> security and other beneficial features, then perhaps you have that
> elusive "Enhanced App" that adds genuine value? But, of course, the
> value didn't get added just because it was written in Ada.
No this is a case where implementing the protocols securely is what is
needed. BIND doesn't do as much sanity checking as it should, and that
provides openings for malicious hackers.
--
Robert I. Eachus
The ideology he opposed throughout his political life insisted that
history was moved by impersonal tides and unalterable fates. Ronald
Reagan believed instead in the courage and triumph of free men and we
believe it all the more because we saw that courage in him. -- George
W. Bush June 11, 2004
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2004-05-30 11:46 Improving Ada's image - Was: 7E7 Flight Controls Electronics Per Dalgas Jakobsen
2004-05-30 16:13 ` Pascal Obry
2004-05-30 18:03 ` Luke A. Guest
2004-05-30 19:09 ` Per Dalgas Jakobsen
2004-05-31 2:28 ` Richard Riehle
2004-05-31 15:33 ` Wes Groleau
2004-06-01 2:56 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-01 14:51 ` Wes Groleau
2004-06-07 16:29 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-06-07 17:44 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-08 16:09 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-06-08 17:30 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-08 20:38 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-06-08 22:23 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-09 2:27 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-06-09 4:41 ` I R T
2004-06-09 6:43 ` Richard Riehle
2004-06-10 6:53 ` Randy Brukardt
2004-06-12 3:16 ` Robert I. Eachus
2004-06-09 6:39 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-09 7:44 ` I R T
2004-06-09 12:13 ` Georg Bauhaus
2004-06-09 12:34 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-06-09 21:13 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-10 2:51 ` Wes Groleau
2004-06-10 15:57 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-10 17:18 ` Pascal Obry
2004-06-10 12:13 ` Marin David Condic
2004-06-11 12:48 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-06-11 17:31 ` Marin David Condic
2004-06-14 2:30 ` Berend de Boer
2004-06-14 2:47 ` I R T
2004-06-14 3:10 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-14 11:49 ` Marin David Condic
2004-06-14 16:28 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-06-14 17:34 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-15 11:35 ` Marin David Condic
2004-06-15 23:02 ` Brian May
2004-06-16 11:37 ` Marin David Condic
2004-06-21 14:56 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2004-06-23 20:19 ` Randy Brukardt
2004-06-15 16:30 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-06-15 11:26 ` Marin David Condic
2004-06-15 16:43 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-06-15 18:51 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-15 21:02 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-06-15 22:01 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-15 22:08 ` Ed Falis
2004-06-15 22:26 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-17 15:50 ` Robert I. Eachus
2004-06-17 16:12 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-17 21:05 ` Pascal Obry
2004-06-17 21:47 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-17 22:18 ` Georg Bauhaus
2004-06-18 5:19 ` Brian May
2004-06-18 14:44 ` Georg Bauhaus
2004-06-17 23:02 ` Brian May
2004-06-18 7:50 ` Martin Dowie
2004-06-19 20:40 ` Robert I. Eachus
2004-06-19 18:10 ` Ragged arrays of strings (Was: Improving Ada's image) Jacob Sparre Andersen
2004-06-20 22:01 ` Pascal Obry
2004-06-19 20:54 ` Improving Ada's image - Was: 7E7 Flight Controls Electronics Robert I. Eachus
2004-06-20 2:20 ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-06-20 4:24 ` tmoran
2004-06-20 15:06 ` Dr. Adrian Wrigley
2004-06-21 15:30 ` Enum'Image (Was: Improving Ada's image) Jacob Sparre Andersen
2004-06-21 16:06 ` Dr. Adrian Wrigley
2004-06-21 16:53 ` Alexander E. Kopilovich
2004-06-22 21:38 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2004-06-23 15:42 ` Alexander E. Kopilovich
2004-06-23 17:15 ` Larry Kilgallen
2004-06-22 13:26 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-06-23 16:04 ` Frank J. Lhota
2004-06-25 0:07 ` Enum'Image Jacob Sparre Andersen
2004-06-25 15:55 ` Enum'Image Frank J. Lhota
2004-06-23 20:29 ` Enum'Image (Was: Improving Ada's image) Randy Brukardt
2004-06-23 23:35 ` Dr. Adrian Wrigley
2004-06-25 0:15 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2004-06-26 5:11 ` Improving Ada's image - Was: 7E7 Flight Controls Electronics Robert I. Eachus
2004-06-27 1:00 ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-06-27 2:33 ` Robert I. Eachus
2004-06-15 23:30 ` Dale Stanbrough
2004-06-15 21:59 ` Marin David Condic
2004-06-25 4:21 ` Enum'Image (Was: Improving Ada's image) Larry Kilgallen
2004-06-15 19:28 ` Improving Ada's image - Was: 7E7 Flight Controls Electronics Alexander E. Kopilovich
2004-06-15 21:04 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-06-15 22:13 ` Marin David Condic
2004-06-16 0:05 ` Alexander E. Kopilovich
2004-06-15 22:08 ` Marin David Condic
2004-06-15 23:06 ` tmoran
2004-06-16 11:47 ` Marin David Condic
2004-06-17 1:33 ` Brian May
2004-06-17 12:09 ` Marin David Condic
2004-06-16 0:56 ` Alexander E. Kopilovich
2004-06-16 11:54 ` Marin David Condic
2004-06-15 1:21 ` Alexander E. Kopilovich
2004-07-01 4:08 ` Dave Thompson
2004-07-04 19:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
2004-06-14 11:45 ` Marin David Condic
2004-06-14 13:20 ` Larry Kilgallen
2004-06-15 11:39 ` Marin David Condic
2004-06-19 23:14 ` Pylinius
2004-06-15 11:41 ` David Starner
2004-06-15 16:29 ` Richard Riehle
2004-06-15 17:06 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-06-11 17:53 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-11 18:56 ` Marin David Condic
2004-06-11 23:23 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-12 3:08 ` Robert I. Eachus [this message]
2004-06-12 12:03 ` Ada BIND was: " Marin David Condic
2004-06-12 12:47 ` Jeff C,
2004-06-13 12:22 ` Marin David Condic
2004-06-14 16:33 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-06-13 6:08 ` Russ
2004-06-13 10:28 ` Georg Bauhaus
2004-06-13 14:49 ` Stephen Leake
2004-06-13 20:51 ` Russ
2004-06-13 23:15 ` Robert I. Eachus
2004-06-14 2:09 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-15 0:02 ` Alexander E. Kopilovich
2004-06-15 2:40 ` Brian May
2004-06-15 12:46 ` Frank J. Lhota
2004-06-15 18:53 ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-06-15 22:09 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-07-01 4:08 ` Dave Thompson
2004-06-14 16:43 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-06-15 11:47 ` Marin David Condic
2004-06-15 16:21 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-06-15 19:36 ` Frank J. Lhota
2004-06-15 19:51 ` Björn Persson
2004-06-16 13:44 ` Frank J. Lhota
2004-06-15 22:13 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-15 22:32 ` Björn Persson
2004-06-15 23:04 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-15 23:23 ` Brian May
2004-06-15 23:26 ` tmoran
2004-06-16 18:11 ` Ludovic Brenta
2004-06-15 23:33 ` Björn Persson
2004-06-15 23:18 ` Dale Stanbrough
2004-06-15 23:22 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-15 23:37 ` Dale Stanbrough
2004-06-15 23:59 ` Björn Persson
2004-06-16 13:38 ` Ada BIND was: Improving Ada's image - Was: 7E7 Flight Controls Larry Kilgallen
2004-06-09 10:52 ` Ada operating systems Peter C. Chapin
2004-06-09 12:07 ` Improving Ada's image - Was: 7E7 Flight Controls Electronics Georg Bauhaus
2004-06-11 7:05 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-11 15:07 ` Georg Bauhaus
2004-06-09 12:32 ` Marin David Condic
2004-06-15 20:34 ` Larry Kilgallen
2004-06-08 19:51 ` Wes Groleau
2004-06-08 22:26 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-09 4:39 ` I R T
2004-06-09 8:13 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-06-09 12:42 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-06-09 12:38 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-06-09 16:23 ` Robert I. Eachus
2004-06-09 16:38 ` Marius Amado Alves
2004-06-09 20:51 ` Robert I. Eachus
2004-06-10 12:43 ` Marin David Condic
2004-06-15 19:55 ` Larry Kilgallen
2004-06-09 23:45 ` Richard Riehle
2004-06-10 12:58 ` Marin David Condic
2004-06-11 18:03 ` Russ
2004-06-14 16:16 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-06-01 2:45 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-04 17:24 ` Improving Ada's image - Was: 7E7 Flight Controls Electronics (why not Universities?) Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-06-04 18:46 ` Marius Amado Alves
2004-06-07 12:58 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-06-07 17:11 ` Ada in colleges and universities Peter C. Chapin
2004-06-07 17:29 ` Marius Amado Alves
2004-06-07 19:47 ` Peter C. Chapin
2004-06-07 18:39 ` Björn Persson
2004-06-07 18:55 ` Marius Amado Alves
2004-06-07 19:21 ` Jerome Hugues
2004-06-07 19:27 ` (see below)
2004-06-07 19:44 ` Marius Amado Alves
2004-06-08 1:14 ` Alexander E. Kopilovich
2004-06-07 22:06 ` Björn Persson
2004-06-07 22:17 ` (see below)
2004-06-08 9:30 ` Adrian Knoth
2004-06-08 17:12 ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-06-08 18:19 ` Adrian Knoth
2004-06-08 9:53 ` Jano
2004-06-09 8:55 ` Pascal Obry
2004-06-07 19:53 ` Peter C. Chapin
2004-06-07 21:54 ` Björn Persson
2004-06-09 3:52 ` I R T
2004-06-09 12:51 ` Björn Persson
2004-06-10 2:58 ` Wes Groleau
2004-06-07 22:03 ` Ludovic Brenta
2004-06-08 0:16 ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-06-08 5:12 ` Ludovic Brenta
2004-06-08 16:14 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-06-06 13:34 ` Improving Ada's image - Was: 7E7 Flight Controls Electronics (why not Universities?) Ralph W. Reid
2004-06-07 2:38 ` Robert I. Eachus
2004-05-30 18:47 ` Improving Ada's image - Was: 7E7 Flight Controls Electronics Richard Riehle
2004-05-31 12:57 ` Marin David Condic
2004-05-31 23:36 ` Berend de Boer
2004-06-01 0:41 ` tmoran
2004-06-01 11:04 ` Marin David Condic
2004-06-01 14:44 ` Wes Groleau
2004-06-01 18:43 ` Pascal Obry
2004-06-07 16:35 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-05-31 12:45 ` Marin David Condic
2004-05-31 20:55 ` Improving Ada's image Björn Persson
2004-06-01 0:41 ` Alexander E. Kopilovich
2004-06-01 11:23 ` Marin David Condic
2004-06-01 2:40 ` Improving Ada's image - Was: 7E7 Flight Controls Electronics Hyman Rosen
2004-06-01 21:14 ` Per Dalgas Jakobsen
2004-06-02 1:12 ` Ed Falis
2004-06-02 10:59 ` Stefan Nobis
2004-06-03 4:19 ` Jeffrey Carter
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