Re: Secure C programming

Chris Thomasson wrote:
"jacob navia" <jacob@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:flaec9$6l5$2@xxxxxxxxxxx
Chris Thomasson wrote:
"Rico Secada" <coolzone@xxxxx> wrote in message news:20071230223029.f17f1c63.coolzone@xxxxxxxx
Hi.

Doesn't there exist any complete texts on what to do and not do when
programming in C, from a security perspective?

Preferably with examples.

Don't program C if you don't know how to avoid common pitfalls; C gets a bad rap sometimes. It's the fault of all the _lazy/crap_ programmers out there which frequently create applications that do not even seem to have any sense of where there buffer(s) begin, or _end_!!

Yikes! ;^(...

Here we have the example of somebody that can't answer a simple
question and starts ranting for no reason.
[...]

Sorry about that. It just that C can be used to create bug-free programs. It takes a level of level that a lot of programmers don't seem to have...

Is that a radical line of thinking?

This is a much better answer. A person that wants to learn how
to program in C without doing the beginner's mistakes is well
server by a good book. And there are good ones, as many people
here have pointed out.

Thanks for clarifying your position.

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