Subject: Re: sprintf -> snprintf
To: George Michaelson <ggm@connect.com.au>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: current-users
Date: 09/20/1996 22:05:17
On Sat, 21 Sep 1996 14:54:47 +1000
George Michaelson <ggm@connect.com.au> wrote:
> I don't have sources to hand. Is it even remotely plausible
> to make removing sprintf and replacing with snprintf a goal?
sounds marvelous...
> How about for nominated subsets of the code?
At the very least, all the setuid/setgid programs.
> Seems to me like making buffer overrun attacks non-viable
> would prevent a lot of angst later on...
....do we have a volunteer? :-)
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