From: "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" <ve3wwg@cogeco.ca>
Subject: Re: Ada and malicious software
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 12:59:33 -0400
Date: 2004-09-22T12:59:33-04:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <kai4d.15968$bL1.854088@news20.bellglobal.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Gub4d.3853$d5.30251@newsb.telia.net>
Bj�rn Persson wrote:
> Tom wrote:
>
>> One question that I would like an answer for is:
>> Is Ada less susceptible to computer virii than C++ and Java on the
>> Windows XP operating system? Now that is a question that would come
>> up more often where I work.
...
> Jean-Pierre Rosen said, Ada programs do not have buffer overflows.
> Arithmetic overflows also occur, and Ada protects well against those too.
That should probably be tempered with "not as susceptable" to buffer
overflows. If there was poor design and/or testing, then a production
mode program that is compiled with the checks "off", is still
vulnerable, although admitedly, much less likely.
--
Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
http://home.cogeco.ca/~ve3wwg
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-09-22 16:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 53+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-09-16 23:57 Embedded Keynote Speaker Mentions Ada Jim Gurtner
2004-09-17 0:28 ` Larry Kilgallen
2004-09-17 1:16 ` Jim Gurtner
2004-09-17 23:08 ` Cesar Rabak
2004-09-18 0:26 ` stephane richard
2004-09-18 0:57 ` Larry Kilgallen
2004-09-20 0:23 ` Cesar Rabak
2004-09-20 2:11 ` stephane richard
2004-09-20 14:05 ` Cesar Rabak
2004-09-20 20:55 ` stephane richard
2004-09-20 22:06 ` Björn Persson
2004-09-21 0:38 ` Cesar Rabak
2004-09-21 2:44 ` stephane richard
2004-09-21 11:48 ` Björn Persson
2004-09-21 18:08 ` Martin Krischik
2004-09-21 1:07 ` Benjamin Ketcham
2004-09-21 16:59 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-09-21 19:12 ` Cesar Rabak
2004-09-21 19:49 ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-09-22 0:50 ` Cesar Rabak
2004-09-22 10:08 ` Anders Wirzenius
2004-09-22 13:04 ` Benjamin Ketcham
2004-09-22 13:52 ` Marius Amado Alves
2004-09-22 20:59 ` Simon Wright
2004-09-22 22:19 ` Marius Amado Alves
2004-09-23 19:12 ` Simon Wright
2004-09-23 22:22 ` Benjamin Ketcham
2004-09-22 23:06 ` Björn Persson
2004-09-22 16:56 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-09-22 17:36 ` Pascal Obry
2004-09-23 10:34 ` Anders Wirzenius
2004-09-21 20:34 ` Tom
2004-09-21 22:07 ` Georg Bauhaus
2004-09-22 6:20 ` Tom
2004-09-22 7:48 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2004-09-22 20:28 ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-09-22 23:15 ` Björn Persson
2004-09-23 22:19 ` Randy Brukardt
2004-09-22 9:21 ` Ada and malicious software Björn Persson
2004-09-22 16:59 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG [this message]
2004-09-23 7:33 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2004-09-22 0:56 ` Embedded Keynote Speaker Mentions Ada Cesar Rabak
2004-09-22 2:43 ` stephane richard
2004-09-22 9:24 ` Peter Hermann
2004-09-23 22:09 ` Randy Brukardt
2004-09-24 3:21 ` CBFalconer
2004-09-26 11:02 ` Tom
2004-09-17 2:10 ` Steve
2004-09-17 4:30 ` Larry Kilgallen
2004-09-17 23:58 ` Christopher Browne
2004-09-18 1:01 ` Ed Falis
2004-09-18 3:50 ` Christopher Browne
2004-09-18 11:22 ` Simon Wright
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