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		tyfon on Dec 29, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: BCHS software stack: BSD, C, httpd, SQLite You can do stupid things with "memory safe" languages too, and nothing protects you from misconfiguration. The bsd approach of just locking it down seems to be to be at least as secure if not more to me.

dwheeler on Dec 29, 2023 [–]

Trye, but 70% of vulnerabilities are memory safety problems. String handling is more of a pain in C, too. C is a terrible choice for this use case.

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