Writing Fast And Secure Code in C
By Sebastian Schinzel
Overview
Applications that were implemented using the C programming language have experienced a constant flow of security vulnerabilities for more than 20 years. Each year security researchers and hackers discover new code patterns in C that lead to exploitable vulnerabilities. This raises the necessity that programmers in a security sensitive environment are always up-to-date with current research in secure programming.

In this paper I give an overview on common patterns that lead to vulnerabilities and describe approaches to develop functionally equivalent and secure code.
Furthermore, I show that secure string handling in C can be fast and elegant.
Target Audience
  • Security Trainers
  • Developers
  • Testers
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Writing Fast And Secure Code in C