CERT Standard Compliance

CERT is a secure coding standard that supports C and C++ programming languages. These standards are reliable, safe, and secure for the software systems used.

CERT Tag	Description
CERT-FLP30-C	Do not use floating-point variables as loop counters
CERT-DCL03-C	Use a static assertion to test the value of a constant expression
CERT-DCL16-C	Use "L," not "l," to indicate a long value
CERT-ENV33-C	Do not call system()
CERT-ERR34-C	Detect errors when converting a string to a number.
CERT-FIO38-C	Do not copy a FILE object
CERT-FLP30-C	Do not use floating-point variables as loop counters
CERT-MSC30-C	Do not use the rand() function for generating pseudorandom numbers
CERT-MSC32-C	Ensure your random number generator is properly seeded
CERT-MEM-35-C	Allocate sufficient memory for an object
CERT-FLP30-CPP	Do not use floating-point variables as loop counters
CERT-DCL21-CPP	Overloaded postfix increment and decrement operators should return a const object.
CERTDCL50-CPP	Do not define a C-style variadic function
CERT-DCL54-CPP	Overload allocation and deallocation functions as a pair in the same scope
CERT-DCL58-CPP	Do not modify the standard namespaces Skip to end of metadata.
CERT-DCL59-CPP	Do not define an unnamed namespace in a header file.
CERT-ERR09-CPP	Catch exceptions by lvalue reference
CERT-ERR52-CPP	Do not use setjmp() or longjmp().
CERT-ERR58-CPP	Handle all exceptions thrown before main() begins executing
CERT-ERR60-CPP	Exception objects must be nothrow copy constructible
CERT-ERR61-CPP	Catch exceptions by lvalue reference
CERT-MSC50-CPP	Do not use std::rand() for generating pseudorandom numbers
CERT-MSC51-CPP	Ensure your random number generator is properly seeded
CERT-OOP11-CPP	Do not copy-initialize members or base classes from a move constructor.
CERT-OOP54-CPP	Gracefully handle a self-copy assignment