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Re: Aftershock


From: Chet Ramey <chet.ramey () case edu>
Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2014 20:10:19 -0400

On 10/8/14, 2:37 PM, mancha wrote:

Maybe LoC is a poor metric but I don't want that to obscure the real
message: the process's high dynamism post-disclosure. As you correctly
point out, many recent parser flaws don't rise to the level of security
concerns primarily because of the prefix/suffix barrier.

However, it's important to point out that critical piece of hardening
was a post-disclosure innovation and, more importantly, was triggered by
post-disclosure findings and interaction.

I absolutely agree, and think it's equally important to point out that
Florian came up with it, not me.  There were other suggestions, some maybe
better, but that was the one we coalesced around.

Chet
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