HN: “And by the way, modern C++ is already secure enough.”
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C++ enthusiasts need to accept that the language has serious security problems when used for large-scale network-facing apps.
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Replying to @pcwalton
I think "large-scale network-facing apps" actually sells the problem a bit short.
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Replying to @rocallahan @pcwalton
The question is: will your code ever process untrusted input?
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Replying to @rocallahan @pcwalton
If you're writing library code, how can you really know?
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I think a lot of security problems come from people writing library code thinking “this will never be used in a secure context…”
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Replying to @pcwalton @rocallahan
…and later someone thinks “this is a well-regarded library, let’s use it in a secure setting”. e.g. ATMFD.DLL (Adobe font code in NT kernel)
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