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Title:	PRE09-C. Do not replace secure functions with deprecated or obsolescent functions
Author:	Robert Seacord (Manager)	May 10, 2008
Last Changed by:	Richard W. Laughlin	May 29, 2025
Tiny Link: (useful for email)	https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/x/JtYxBQ
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• android-applicable
• unenforceable
• recommendation
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Time	Editor
May 29, 2025 10:28	Richard W. Laughlin	View Changes
Removed references to Annex K.
May 19, 2025 15:02	Swasti Shrivastava	View Changes
REM Cost Reform
Dec 12, 2024 06:30	Swasti Shrivastava	View Changes
Apr 20, 2023 06:24	Jill Britton	View Changes
Sep 26, 2022 16:20	Anirban Gangopadhyay

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    cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/684.html
    https://www.kb.cert.org/vulnotes/bymetric?searchview&query=…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…
    https://www.mathworks.com/help/bugfinder/ref/certcrec.pre09…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/Polyspace+Bug…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…
    cwe.mitre.org/

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