From: Daniel Carrera <dcarrera@...>
Date: 2003-03-28T13:53:55+09:00
Subject: Article on secure code

Hello,

Article title: "Too Cool For Secure Code"
Link: http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/150

This article is not about Ruby, but I think it is very relevant to the 
Ruby community.  The author argues that many of the current security holes 
are due to a programmer using C or C++ in cases where a high-level 
language would have done just as well.

He points out that many of the holes are buffer overflows and string 
vulnerabilities, and that these are not much of an issue with high-level 
languages.

I find it interesting that one of the arguments for Ruby might be that it 
lets you write more secure code.

Cheers,
-- 
Daniel Carrera
Graduate Teaching Assistant.  Math Dept.
University of Maryland.  (301) 405-5137
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