Security agencies of US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand urges industry to migrate away from memory-unsafe langauges to safe ones (such as Rust) - eviltoast

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The authoring agencies urge executives of software manufacturers to prioritize using MSLs [memory-safe languages] in their products and to demonstrate that commitment by writing and publishing memory safe roadmaps. The authoring agencies encourage software manufacturers to lead from the top by publicly naming a business executive who will personally drive the elimination of memory safety vulnerabilities from the product line.

  • Reacher@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    That’s reverse psychology. They know everyone will lose trust in Rust and go back to memory unsafe languages so they can hack our software again.

    • put my tin foil hat aside -
      • rmuk@feddit.uk
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        11 months ago

        Found the NSA agent. Don’t trust what they tell you to not trust when you’re not trusting. That’s what they want you to want.