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Too Cool For Secure Code
Jon Lasser, 2003-03-26

Until Unix and Linux programmers get over their macho love for low-level programming languages, the security holes will continue to flow freely.

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Too Cool For Secure Code 2003-03-26
Anonymous
First of all, he misses two key points on why security holes exist.

1. There never has been "requirements" about security when writing code for an application. Maybe if you are building something for the defense department...

2. He says to not use C/C++, but he doesn't say what to use. And he ...

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