--On Thursday, October 21, 2004 11:55 PM +0200 Florian Zschocke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
How about instead of spending resources on the SDK Valve simply fixes the bugs in the server
Just curious: Does no one learn defensive programming anymore? And it's not like this is just a problem with Valve. Every software shop seems to repeat the same error. I recall MS making a big stink about sending its programmers to special defensive programming classes as part of their security initiative.
Never trust the input. Never trust the user. Certainly don't trust crap from the network. And assume that everything is going to try to bust your buffers.
Thinking like this isn't a panacea, but it sure decreases your exposure.
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