> While it is likely that the issue affecting OpenSSL is memory safety related It always is. Because it's a C project where memory management is done manually.

> While it is likely that the issue affecting OpenSSL is memory safety related It always is. Because it's a C project where memory management is done manually. And everything done manually is subject to human error. Doing C-style a capella memory management in 2022 is not necessary. > how do you know for sure that it is and that rust would have prevented it without having a performance impact Because much of the safety features Rust implements for memory management happens at compile time not at runtime.