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To: Chad Fairbanks; Semper Paratus
"Undocumented security features".

Well, yeah. Look, if I implemented a backdoor.access function, that would be too obvious, and bad guys might take advantage of it, so I have to hide that function by not doing any bounds-checking and so forth ;)

7 posted on 02/12/2004 6:32:04 AM PST by general_re (Remember that what's inside of you doesn't matter because nobody can see it.)
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To: general_re
Bounds Checking is for pikers anyway. And testing? That's V&V's job, not mine. If they don't find the problems it's THEIR fault.
8 posted on 02/12/2004 6:33:50 AM PST by Chad Fairbanks (What am I rebelling against? Well, what do ya got?)
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To: general_re
I bet the same crew that installed the software on this power grid were hired to handle the software for the Mars Land Rovers.
9 posted on 02/12/2004 6:38:52 AM PST by Semper Paratus
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