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RE: And how long have buffer overflows been aro und?


From: ypwhich <ypwhich () paunix org>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 14:21:02 +0000 (UTC)

Coding for NT started in 1988.  Product wise NT was released in 1991-1992,
I believe.  All of that aside, it does not predate the Internet... that's
rubbish.

-ypwhich



On Fri, 27 Feb 2004, Ng, Kenneth (US) wrote:

What quantum universe is this guy coming from?  I don't know the start of
the internet, but the date on the telnet RFC 318 is   April 3, 1972 (
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc318.html )  According to Microsoft's own time
line ( http://www.microsoft.com/windows/WinHistoryProGraphic.mspx ) Windows
NT started in 1993.  Maybe they consider the start of the internet in Al
Gore terms?

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