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"The ability to overflow an input buffer is also a potential security hole, as shown by the recent Internet worm." Interesting data point that in 1989, it was
by montrose 9y ago
"The ability to overflow an input
buffer is also a potential security hole, as shown by the recent Internet worm."
Interesting data point that in 1989, it was still a novel idea that buffer overflow was related to security.
- pjmlp 9y agoAlready in 1979 it was clear that C developers needed help to write proper code. > To encourage people to pay more attention to the official language rules, to detect legal but suspicious constructions, and to help find interface mismatches undetectable with simple mechanisms for separate compilation, Steve Johnson adapted his pcc compiler to produce lint [Johnson 79b], which scanned a set of files and remarked on dubious constructions. Dennis M. Ritchie, https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/chist.html https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/chist.html