Re:Proposal for a Friendly Dialect of C
by duskwuff on Wednesday August 27, 2014 @04:31PM
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Many open-source programs can be security-critical (any network-facing daemon, for instance), and there's nothing which ties them to a specific compiler.
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Re:Proposal for a Friendly Dialect of C
by userbinator on Wednesday August 27, 2014 @05:32PM
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"security-critical" means different things to different people.
For some (many?), the failure of a security-critical system means unauthorised access to information.
For some, the failure of a security-critical system means people could die.
In the latter case (e.g. medical devices), having a stable environment is far more important than having the latest version.
I usually hear the latter type of system described as "safety-critical" or "life-critical". You're right that it's an entirely different world, though.