Python

[François Pinard]

[Erik Max Francis]

> To the original poster:  Becoming familiar with C, and the dangers of
> sloppy C programming and how these can be exploited by potential
> intruders, will probably be of much more direct application to your
> chosen career shift.

The original poster might consider knowing various assemblers as well,
to better understand the detail of how buffer overruns are implemented. :-)

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François Pinard   http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~pinard