PUBLIC MARKS from roberto with tag c

Creating code for labyrinth solvers is a quite traditional exercise. The following snippets provide versions in Python and in C of a concise labyrinth solver.

Every now and again we all hear about an exploit that takes place thanks to a buffer overflow, but what is a buffer overflow? By definition it is when a program attempts to store more data in an array (buffer) than it was intended to hold, thus overwriting the return address of the function. To show how this is actually done, I’ll explain how to do a simple attack on a fairly small program.

I need to create a buffered routine to read NetCDF data.

Writing modules for Python.

Distribute compiling across several machines on a network.

The most dramatic use yet seen of fall through in C.