duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus on Hacker News

…importantly, safety effectiveness. And it does address the data race issue. [1] shameless plug: https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus

comment by duneroadrunner · 2017-09-22 · in Mrustc: a Rust compiler written in C++

…Apparently there is a C++ interpreter[2]. Anyone have any experience with it? [1] shameless plug: https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus [2] https://root.cern.ch/cling

comment by duneroadrunner · 2017-09-07 · in C++17 is formally approved

…any object so that access from different threads is safely controlled[1]. [1] shameless plug: https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus#asynchronou...

comment by duneroadrunner · 2017-09-02 · in Hell is a multi-threaded C++ program (2006)

…safety or have some other issue with using Rust, SaferCPlusPlus may be a more attractive choice. https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus#safercplusp...

comment by duneroadrunner · 2017-08-23 · in Bitdefender Anti-Virus: Heap Buffer Overflow via 7z LZMA

…overflow vulnerabilities via automated (partial) translation to SaferCPlusPlus. [1] Shameless plug: https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus [2] https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus-AutoTransla...

comment by duneroadrunner · 2017-08-23 · in Bitdefender Anti-Virus: Heap Buffer Overflow via 7z LZMA

…compared to ones written in C all that much. [0] https://github.com/foonathan/type_safe [1] https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus

comment by wuch · 2017-08-03 · in How I implemented my own crypto

…in C++. And it's not much different from writing traditional (unsafe) C++ code. [1] shameless plug: https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus

comment by duneroadrunner · 2017-07-28 · in Metaclasses: Thoughts on generative C++

…behavior while maintaining portability? [1] https://github.com/robertramey/safe_numerics [2] https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus#safercplusp... [3] https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus-AutoTransla... [4]…

comment by duneroadrunner · 2017-07-26 · in Defining the Undefinedness of C (2015) [pdf]

…be preferable in many cases, but there is a practical option of using C++ in a safe(r) way. [1] https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus

comment by duneroadrunner · 2017-07-16 · in Death to C, ++

…available before long and we can gauge the interest of developers/maintainers. [1] shameless plug: https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus

comment by duneroadrunner · 2017-06-21 · in Important security vulnerabilities in OpenVPN

…C++ code bases. The question is, would a borrow checker for C++ make sense? [1] shameless plug: https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus

comment by duneroadrunner · 2017-06-09 · in Rust Performance Pitfalls

…var2--; free(var2 - 3); free(var1); :) [1] https://github.com/google/sanitizers [2] shameless plug: https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus

comment by duneroadrunner · 2017-04-13 · in The Safe C Library (2009)

…maybe be functional in short order with a little extra motivated talent... :) [1] shameless plug: https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus

comment by duneroadrunner · 2017-04-01 · in Tor in a safer language: Network team update from Amsterdam

…shared_ptrs that automatically handle all the necessary locking (and blocking). [1] shameless plug: https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus#asynchronou...

comment by duneroadrunner · 2017-03-29 · in Thread Safety Analysis in Clang

…that's notably missing from the standard library. [1] shameless plug: https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus

comment by duneroadrunner · 2017-03-25 · in C++ 17 is Done

…the concept (but not yet the implementation) of "quarantined" types for untrusted input values. [1] https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus#cint-csize_... [2] https://github.com/robertramey/safe_numerics

comment by duneroadrunner · 2017-03-23 · in Software Engineering Institute Makes CERT C++ Coding Standard Freely Available

…is in early development (but resources are limited so it might be a while). [1] shameless plug: https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus

comment by duneroadrunner · 2017-03-22 · in Software Engineering Institute Makes CERT C++ Coding Standard Freely Available

…penalty are people be willing to accept in exchange for memory safety? [1] shameless plug: https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus

comment by duneroadrunner · 2017-03-18 · in Virtual machine escape fetches $100k at Pwn2Own hacking contest

…safe substitutes (like std::string). So, if anyone's looking to kill some free time... :) [1] https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus [2] https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus-BenchmarksG...

comment by duneroadrunner · 2017-03-07 · in Ask HN: Have you created a programming language and why?

…array_view[1], gsl::span, or RandomAccessSection[2]). [1] https://github.com/rhysd/array_view [2] https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus#txscoperand...

comment by duneroadrunner · 2017-02-24 · in Cloudflare Reverse Proxies Are Dumping Uninitialized Memory

…time. [1] https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/std/slice/ [2] https://github.com/rhysd/array_view [3] https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus#txscoperand...

comment by duneroadrunner · 2017-02-24 · in Cloudflare Reverse Proxies Are Dumping Uninitialized Memory

And if you need a more expedient fix for existing C/C++ code, there's SaferCPlusPlus[1]. [1] https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus

comment by duneroadrunner · 2017-02-24 · in Cloudflare Reverse Proxies Are Dumping Uninitialized Memory

…this (I mean, CloudFlare's) sort of situation - using C/C++ in internet facing applications. [1] https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus

comment by duneroadrunner · 2017-02-24 · in Cloudflare Reverse Proxies Are Dumping Uninitialized Memory

…(while being modified) mse::TAsyncSharedReadWriteAccessRequester[2] is safer. [1] shameless plug: https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus#reference-c... [2] https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus#asynchronou...

comment by duneroadrunner · 2017-02-07 · in In Defense of C++

…are memory safe subsets of C++ that are comparable to Rust in usability and performance [1]. [1] https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus#safercplusp...

comment by duneroadrunner · 2017-02-07 · in In Defense of C++

…would be quicker and require less effort than a rewrite in Rust. [1] for example (shameless plug): https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus

comment by duneroadrunner · 2017-02-07 · in In Defense of C++

…memory safety (although not to quite the same degree as Rust's borrow checker.) [1] shameless plug: https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus

comment by duneroadrunner · 2017-01-19 · in Rust vs. Go

…alternatives like Rust and SaferCPlusPlus[1] when those choices are available. [1] shameless plug: https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus

comment by duneroadrunner · 2017-01-16 · in Dovecot audit complete

…And should be much more straightforward than these C to Rust/Go translators. [1] shameless plug: https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus [2] https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus-BenchmarksG...

comment by duneroadrunner · 2017-01-04 · in Getting Past C

…integers if their value is less than the square root of the max integer value. [1] shameless plug: https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus [2] https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus#quarantined...

comment by duneroadrunner · 2016-12-29 · in Rust is mostly safety

…there are shorter aliases available. Just search for "shorter aliases" in the header files.) [1] https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus#tregistered...

comment by duneroadrunner · 2016-12-29 · in Rust vs C Pitfalls

> and so I'm stuck with C++ If you're stuck with C++, might as well do it safely: (shameless plug) https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus

comment by duneroadrunner · 2016-12-28 · in Rust vs C Pitfalls

…much effect on the document. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12643463 [2] shamelss plug: https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus

comment by duneroadrunner · 2016-12-23 · in Dramatically Reducing Software Vulnerabilities [pdf]

…checking. But there are still situations when you'd want to use SaferCPlusPlus [1]. [1] https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus#safercplusp...

comment by duneroadrunner · 2016-12-17 · in Single-file C/C++ public-domain/open source libraries with minimal dependencies

…Ultimately I decided minimal dependencies would be more appealing to the user. [1] shameless plug: https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus

comment by duneroadrunner · 2016-12-17 · in Single-file C/C++ public-domain/open source libraries with minimal dependencies

…done completely incrementally, and much of it won't need to be changed at all. [1] shameless plug: https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus

comment by duneroadrunner · 2016-12-14 · in The Public Domain C Library

…C++ code. [1] https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vcblog/2016/03/31/c-core-gu... [2] shameless plug: https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus

comment by duneroadrunner · 2016-12-14 · in Divided by a common syntax

…the code and flags violations, I would expect a lot of such code is only dynamically correct. > [2] https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus#safercplusp... . A few points: - what do you mean by rebindable and non-rebindable…

comment by dbaupp · 2016-12-12 · in How to translate a large C project to Rust

…get memory safety in step 1, and ii) all intermediate steps remain functional and memory safe. [1] https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus [2] https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus#safercplusp... [3]…

comment by duneroadrunner · 2016-12-10 · in How to translate a large C project to Rust

…[1] http://www.cvedetails.com/product/1526/SUN-JRE.html?vendor_i... [2] shameless plug: https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus

comment by duneroadrunner · 2016-11-28 · in Modern C [pdf]

…layers of sandboxing/jailing and other security/correctness solutions. [1] shameless plug: https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus [2] https://www.webtoolkit.eu/wt

comment by duneroadrunner · 2016-11-26 · in Why pledge(2) or, how I learned to love web application sandboxing

…way, with no dependency risk. (At the moment, standard library support is required though.) [1] https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus

comment by duneroadrunner · 2016-11-16 · in Rust and the Future of Systems Programming [video]

…is as safe as Java these days. [1] I wonder which claim is more optimistic. :) [1] shameless plug: https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus

comment by duneroadrunner · 2016-11-11 · in Number of active repositories in GitHub per language, per month

…bugs. For those times when you have to use C++, SaferCPlusPlus[1] should help. [1] shameless plug: https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus

comment by duneroadrunner · 2016-11-05 · in 2016 Rust Commercial User Survey Results

…point out the inevitability of memory bugs in large enough C++ code bases. [1] shameless plug: https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus

comment by duneroadrunner · 2016-11-04 · in BearSSL – Smaller SSL/TLS

SaferCPlusPlus[1]: C++. Memory safe. No GC. Quite fast. [1] shameless plug: https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus

comment by duneroadrunner · 2016-10-30 · in Sub-millisecond GC pauses in Go 1.8

…debug builds. The sanitizers don't catch everything, but pretty close it seems. [1] shameless plug: https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus

comment by duneroadrunner · 2016-10-20 · in OpenSSL after Heartbleed

…completely incrementally. What language has better "bidirectional C interoperability" than C++? [1] https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus

comment by duneroadrunner · 2016-10-05 · in Linux Kernel Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

…conversion from C++ to SaferCPlusPlus. Q: What kind of skills do you need? A: C++ Link to GitHub: https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus License(s): Boost

comment by duneroadrunner · 2016-10-04 · in Ask HN: Who needs contributors? (October 2016)

…The transition could be done incrementally and the performance would be better than, say, C#. [0] - https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus (Note: shameless plug.)

comment by duneroadrunner · 2016-09-26 · in OpenSSL Security Advisory - 26 Sep 2016