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Are they using the right technology?

Are they using the right technology?

Posted May 24, 2012 16:47 UTC (Thu) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523)
In reply to: Are they using the right technology? by nix
Parent article: A Tale of Two Pwnies (Part 1)

That's why there is interest in pushing type safety down to assembly with TALs (typed assembly languages). It'll help to eliminate at most of the 'buffer overflow' type bugs.

And TAL checkers are fairly simple and small, so they can be thoroughly audited.


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