full-disclosure - Off topic programming thread

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From: pauls at utdallas.edu (Schmehl, Paul L)
Subject: Off topic programming thread

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mortis [mailto:m0rtis@...lphia.net] 
> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 1:01 AM
> To: full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com
> Subject: [Full-Disclosure] Off topic programming thread
> 
> Can we move this irrelevant programming thread somewhere
> where it is on-topic?  It may be interesting, but it belongs
> on comp.programming or something.  I might be willing to
> join in, but it doesn't belong here on FD.
> 
I have seen irrelevant stuff on this list.  I fail to see how a
discussion of buffer overflows and race conditions in code is off topic.
I suspect that many people, including myself, would benefit from a
better understanding of how and why they occur, and what needs to be
done to fix the problem.

Paul Schmehl (pauls@...allas.edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
The University of Texas at Dallas
AVIEN Founding Member
http://www.utdallas.edu/~pauls/