Re: Ancient history

nmm1@cus.cam.ac.uk (Nick Maclaren) writes:
> Which is orthogonal and irrelevant to my point. If nobody knows where
> the boundary is between overflowing and access to an extended area
> (i.e. permitted use), then it is impossible to insert such checking
> correctly. And that is the case.

lets see ... infrastructure not able to determine the bounds ....
maybe this has been raised before ...
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2005b.html#46 [Lit.] Buffer overruns
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2005b.html#60 [Lit.] Buffer overruns
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2005b.html#64 [Lit.] Buffer overruns
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2005c.html#13 [Lit.] Buffer overruns
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2005c.html#14 [Lit.] Buffer overruns
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2005c.html#29 [Lit.] Buffer overruns
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2005c.html#30 [Lit.] Buffer overruns
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2005c.html#33 [Lit.] Buffer overruns
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2005c.html#37 [Lit.] Buffer overruns
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2005c.html#47 [Lit.] Buffer overruns
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2005c.html#52 [Lit.] Buffer overruns
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2005d.html#15 Thou shalt have no other gods before the ANSI C standard
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2005d.html#69 [Lit.] Buffer overruns

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