Archive for the 'C/C++' category

Uli Drepper – Paying attention to the basics

In this video series on Red Hat Magazine, GNU C Library maintainer Ulrich Drepper presents information that every programmer should know. The kind of back to basics that everyone can benefit from.

Uli takes on buffer overflow

Uli Drepper part 2: Buffer overflow and libc attacks

Uli Drepper part 3: Memory allocation errors

Uli Drepper part 4: SELinux

Uli Drepper part 5: Preventing exploits


Getting to know the CDT Autotools Plug-in

This tip article has been edited and republished from its original location.

by Jeff Johnston

The Autotools plug-in is a Red Hat initiative to allow existing open source C/C++ projects to be maintained using the Eclipse CDT (C/C++ Development Tooling). The plug-in is previewed in the Red Hat Developer Suite (RHDS) 3 product. It extends the Eclipse CDT and adds features needed by C/C++ projects that use Autotools and have a configuration step.

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