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From: Sandy Harris <sandyinchina@gmail.com>
To: Eric Curtin <ericcurtin17@gmail.com>
Cc: Kernel development list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Looking for an open-source thesis idea
Date: Wed, 27 May 2020 20:08:03 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CACXcFmkzvvXc+Zi5MBe4_oOtiukczQG+RJjDjcwtAvBbkxGTRA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANpvso4V67SBKn9+SXc+H=r-H-up+GWt77K4jH5HJx9k+sR+hA@mail.gmail.com>

Eric Curtin <ericcurtin17@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hope I'm not bothering you. I'm looking for a masters thesis idea, ...

Here's a report claiming 70% of security bugs involve memory errors.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/chrome-70-of-all-security-bugs-are-memory-safety-issues/
Build a tool to find or fix those?

Another report I saw on Slashdot recently said lots of web vulnerabilities
were due to problems in widely used open source libraries.

      parent reply	other threads:[~2020-05-27 12:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-05-22 20:52 Looking for an open-source thesis idea Eric Curtin
2020-05-26  7:17 ` Sandy Harris
2020-05-27 11:28   ` Eric Curtin
2020-05-27 12:08 ` Sandy Harris [this message]

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