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Re: Buffer Overflows (was Re: (no subject))



Moshe Zadka <moshez@math.huji.ac.il> writes:

> If you must code in C, at least use the safe routines in glib (for
> example g_strdup_sprintf) rather then using unsafe functions such as
> sprintf.

This might be not feasible if you need to write portable code
(nor will be snprintf(), which is non-standard, IIRC). You need
to get into the habit of putting checks in your code to prevent
buffer overflows.

-- 
Oleg Goldshmidt | BLOOMBERG L.P. (BFM) | oleg@NOSPAM.bfr.co.il
"... We work by wit, and not by witchcraft;
 And wit depends on dilatory time." - W. Shakespeare.

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