Re:Linux: Vulnerabilities in nf_tables cause privilege escal...
by ncmncm on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @01:48PM
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It would have made the Ariane-4 explode, too, if it had ever tripped.
It is not a mark against Ada, particularly, it is a mark against brain-dead insistence on overflow traps.
And, destroying a $half-billion payload because you insisted on leaving debugging apparatus in a production system would seem less obviously correct if the cost of the loss were deducted from your salary. So, people insisting it was a good result may be interpreted as expressing satisfaction with freedom from consequences of irresponsible behavior.
Re:Linux: Vulnerabilities in nf_tables cause privilege escal...
by pjmlp on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @03:24AM
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Maybe having devs paying from they own salary the business costs of buffer overflows, stack corruption, and use-after-free isn't that bad idea, good move.
It is not a mark against Ada, particularly, it is a mark against brain-dead insistence on overflow traps.
And, destroying a $half-billion payload because you insisted on leaving debugging apparatus in a production system would seem less obviously correct if the cost of the loss were deducted from your salary. So, people insisting it was a good result may be interpreted as expressing satisfaction with freedom from consequences of irresponsible behavior.