Sure it should be built into the language, and I assume it will be eventually. Heck it only took 30 or 40 years for people to force developers to use Try...Catch blocks.
-gp On 12/21/06 9:30 AM, "McGovern, James F (HTSC, IT)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have been noodling the problem space of secure coding after attending a > wonderful class taught by Ken Van Wyk. I have been casually checking out > Fortify, Ounce Labs, etc and have a thought that this stuff should really be > part of the compiler and not a standalone product. Understanding that folks do > start companies to make up deficiencies in what large vendors ignore, how far > off base in my thinking am I? > > > ************************************************************************* > This communication, including attachments, is > for the exclusive use of addressee and may contain proprietary, > confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended > recipient, any use, copying, disclosure, dissemination or distribution is > strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify > the sender immediately by return e-mail, delete this communication and > destroy all copies. > ************************************************************************* > > > _______________________________________________ > Secure Coding mailing list (SC-L) SC-L@securecoding.org > List information, subscriptions, etc - http://krvw.com/mailman/listinfo/sc-l > List charter available at - http://www.securecoding.org/list/charter.php > SC-L is hosted and moderated by KRvW Associates, LLC (http://www.KRvW.com) > as a free, non-commercial service to the software security community. > _______________________________________________
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