> And 15 years later, I'm still apologising for that one moment of utter stupidity. this sounds so incredibly strange to me - as if uncovering a supercritical

> And 15 years later, I'm still apologising for that one moment of utter stupidity. this sounds so incredibly strange to me - as if uncovering a supercritical bug is something you should be ashamed of. well, except if he introduced that bug himself, but still, buffer overflows weren't exactly a rare occurrence back then. a couple of hours of work lost now vs. years of work lost later ...