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Hal-5700X to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 6 months ago

[The New Stack] Feds: Critical Software Must Drop C/C++ by 2026 or Face Risk

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[The New Stack] Feds: Critical Software Must Drop C/C++ by 2026 or Face Risk

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Hal-5700X to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 6 months ago
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OP: https://thenewstack.io/feds-critical-software-must-drop-c-c-by-2026-or-face-risk/

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  • @0x0@programming.dev
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    37•6 months ago

    Meanwhile Dave from Accounting has password123 written on a post-it on the monitor.

    • Eager Eagle
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      14•6 months ago

      and only because the system forces users to renew passwords every year and this is his third year

      • @AbidanYre@lemmy.world
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        8•6 months ago

        Year? It’s like 90 days most places.

        • Eager Eagle
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          6•6 months ago

          the least I’ve seen was 6 months. If I had to change passwords every 90 days I’d spam them with articles showing this is idiotic every month.

          • astrsk
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            3•6 months ago

            Quarterly is very common. It’s absurd.

    • @BigTrout75@lemmy.world
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      11•6 months ago

      I asked him to not do that and the sticky note is now under his keyboard.

  • @somethingsomethingidk@lemmy.world
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    15•6 months ago

    Companies have until January 1, 2026, to create memory safety roadmaps.

    Not really the same as dropping entirely

    • @AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world
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      6•6 months ago

      A security feature of our system is that if you don’t know what you’re doing you’ll break it so bad IT will be called right away.

  • Kairos
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    4•6 months ago

    Or risk what?

  • asudox
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    1•6 months ago

    rusty software incoming

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