Re:Exploring System76's New Rust Based Desktop Environment
by nicoburns on Friday January 14, 2022 @04:38AM
(#29932421)
IMO the fact that the actix-web debacle was so well publicised speaks volumes in itself. The issues were actually discovered ahead of time by people reading the source code rather than people encountering bugs or vulnerabilities in the wild. That's a huge improvement over C software. Of course there are still bugs in Rust programs and libraries, but much fewer. And I think fewer to the point that eliminating them entirely might actually be feasible with enough effort.
[ Parent
| on HN ]
Re:Exploring System76's New Rust Based Desktop Environment
by pjmlp on Friday January 14, 2022 @05:42AM
(#29932844)
For every vocal example there are tons that fly under the radar until they are on the news for the wrong reasons.
It is no accident that Ada and Java also have security guidelines similar to MISRA, because even with memory corruption bugs out of the picture, as log4j newly remided us, security only happens when it is part of the daily process, regardless of the language.