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: 103376,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,582dff0b3f065a52 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,582dff0b3f065a52 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-06 10:23:20 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-post-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!news.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: "Mark Wilden" 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. Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 10:19:12 -0700 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: References: <3b690498.1111845720@news.worldonline.nl> <9kbu15$9bj@augusta.math.psu.edu> <3b6a453c.1193942215@news.worldonline.nl> <9keejl$fhj@augusta.math.psu.edu> <3c30da40.0108060848.796d9bd9@posting.google.com> X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:11400 comp.lang.c:72507 comp.lang.c++:80382 comp.lang.functional:7355 Date: 2001-08-06T10:19:12-07:00 List-Id: "Preben Randhol" wrote in message news:slrn9mtjr3.bbs.randhol+abuse@kiuk0156.chembio.ntnu.no... > On 6 Aug 2001 09:48:33 -0700, Mark Wilden wrote: > > randhol+abuse@pvv.org (Preben Randhol) wrote in message news:... > >> > >> I'll like a parachute to open always rather than that it opens 1ms > >> faster, but at occasions fail to work althoghter. > > > > So would I, but this has nothing to do with the point I made. > > Your point was that speed was more important than the > extra security. I don't agree. Permit me to decide the point I'm trying to make. :) Just to be crystal clear, I was saying nothing about speed vs. safety, nor Ada vs. C++. I was just talking about 5%. In most applications, 5% is meaningless. But in _some_ applications, it's important. That's my point. Nothing else. OK? :)