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iOS (and OS X) security bug

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pwhodges:
How simple a bug can be!  And with what severe effects!

https://www.imperialviolet.org/2014/02/22/applebug.html

snalin:
This is why you always add brackets to single-line if-statements. Because then you don't make these kinds of mistakes.

Also goto needs to die forever.

Masterpiece:

--- Quote from: snalin on 22 Feb 2014, 17:46 ---This is why you always add brackets to single-line if-statements.

--- End quote ---
I was surprised to find that single line if statements were a thing. I found them hugely destroying the flow.

pwhodges:
And now, in GNU!

http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/03/critical-crypto-bug-leaves-linux-hundreds-of-apps-open-to-eavesdropping/


--- Quote ---The coding error, which may have been present in the code since 2005,
causes critical verification checks to be terminated,
[...]
It's significant that no one managed to notice such glaring errors,
particularly since they were contained in code that anyone can review.
--- End quote ---

I'm not saying open source is a bad thing, but it certainly isn't looking effective either!

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