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Re: WANTED: ISPs with DDoS defense solutions


From: "Petri Helenius" <pete () he iki fi>
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 21:09:34 +0300


What we need is a new programming paradigm, capable of actually producing
secure (and, yes, reliable) software.  C and its progeny (and "program
now, test never" lifestyle) must go.  I'm afraid it'll take laws which
would actually make software makers to pay for bugs and security
vulnerabilities in shipped code to make such paradigm shift a reality.

Blaming the tools for the mistakes programmers make is like saying "guns kill people"
when the truth is that people kill people with guns.

We´ve code running, where the core parts are C and has a track record better
than the "utopian" five nines so many people mistakenly look for.

However, since improvements are always welcome, please recommend tools which
would allow us to progress "above and beyond" C and it´s deficencies.

Pete


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