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Why Coding Is Insecure

Posted by Hemos on from the must-make-better-code dept.

Stuart of Wapping writes "Even patches are not safe, especially if they come from a closed background (maybe) - An interesting article on why coding, is naturally insecure, from SecurityFocus."

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  1. Re:NSA Linux by Dwonis · · Score: 3, Informative
    Linux 2.4 hasn't had a serious security flaw yet. And it is at a 2.4.18 (patch) level.

    The iptables connection tracking security flaw was a major flaw.