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The Underhanded C Contest
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About
The Underhanded C Contest is an annual contest to write
innocent-looking C code implementing malicious behavior. In this
contest you must write C code that is as readable, clear, innocent
and straightforward as possible, and yet it must fail to perform at
its apparent function. To be more specific, it should perform some
specific underhanded task that will not be detected by examining the
source code.
Every year, we will propose a challenge to coders to solve a simple
data processing problem, but with covert malicious behavior. Examples
include miscounting votes, shaving money from financial transactions,
or leaking information to an eavesdropper. The main goal, however, is
to write source code that easily passes visual inspection by other
programmers.
C is an ideal language for this contest because of both its
universality and its ability to do horrible things. C lets you
overwrite stack entries, screw up function pointers, and poison all
data at the bit level. C nods encouragingly as you attempt to execute
a floating point array. In terms of enforcing program correctness,
your typical C compiler is basically the two guards from Swamp Castle
in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
This contest goes for about 3 months every year. The prize was
originally a case of beer, which was a huge mistake (the original
submissions all came from outside the US.) Now it is a gift
certificate to ThinkGeek.com. For the 2015 contest, however, the
Nuclear Threat Initiative has generously donated a prize of $1000.
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