Can a Programming Language Reduce Vulnerabilities?
Can a Programming Language Reduce Vulnerabilities? Rust offers a safer programming language, but adoption is still a problem despite recent signs of increasing popularity. When Microsoft wanted to rewrite a security-critical network processing agent to eliminate memory-safety vulnerabilities causing recurring headaches for the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), the company tasked an intern and told him to rewrite the code in Rust. Rust, a programming language that has claimed the titl...
Bryan Levick Ashley Williams Alexander Clarke Sun Microsystems Microsoft Security Response Center Mozilla Foundation
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