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Re: SSL Capable NetCat and more
From: "Randal T. Rioux" <randy () procyonlabs com>
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 23:28:05 -0400
On 3/27/2011 4:29 PM, Dan Tulovsky wrote:
Beside that, scnc is written in pure-Perl, and is easily modifiable by anyone. Such really simple (dumb?) stuff should not be written in low-level languages such as C.You can't be serious...
Shirley, he is. Perl is shite. It's a dependency hell, it lacks the "logic" of C/C++ and is interpreted (as pointed out by others). Any code base can be modifiable by anyone - as long as it is open sourced. Don't get me wrong, I'm not criticizing the product. I think reinventing the wheel in lesser performing methods is great. Just don't disregard C. To be honest, in my code auditing days, it was SO much easier to find flaws in C/C++ than Perl, because Perl is just messy and ugly. Something looks wrong, but it's right. Uggh! But if you need to write something quick for an easy task, by all means, hit the Perl. It's like using Java to write large scale enterprise products. Who the hell? Why? Portability is nice, but performance is better. Java belongs in the small-scale realm of applications. Grumble grumble. Get off my lawn. Back to the lair :-) Randy _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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