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Re: Theo chiming in on strlcpy
On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 02:38:30AM +0100, Marc Espie wrote:
> Okay, so you think some buffer overflows can be not dangerous ?
An overflow that arises if e.g. root puts 5KB of shellcode into
/etc/services is not a security issue, it's just a bug. Fix it and
move on.
> Thank you, you just made my point much better than I could by myself.
Namely, that people concerned about real security issues shouldn't be
listening to you? :-)
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David A. Holland
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