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The First Annual Underhanded C Contest

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the delightfully-malicious dept.

Xcott Craver writes "We have just announced a new annual contest, the Underhanded C Contest, to write clear, readable, innocent-looking C code that implements malicious behavior. The object is to hide evil functionality that survives visual inspection of the source. The prize is beer."

5 of 341 comments (clear)

  1. Re:This will work by The+Original+Yama · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Mod this man down for invoking Godwin's Law, but mod him up for incorporating it into a joke :)

    --
    OLPC Australia
  2. Re:NOT FUNNY: Chinese Hackers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That report was written in 1997.
    I think you're sino-bashing and trolling.

  3. Re:Here you go by kwoff · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Nice sig, haha.

  4. off topic by big+daddy+kane · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    but please, keep your hoes in check mf doom is awesome

  5. Re:This will work by EvanED · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    You don't mod people down over Godwin's Law. You declare the argument over, and the person who tried to use nazis or Hitler to vilify their opponent is the loser. There is not "-1, Godwin" mod category, nor should there be.

    Maybe there should be a (0, Godwin) moderation.