Re: standard error handling for malloc() broken for user root and group wheel

From: Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des_at_des.no>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 16:44:54 +0100
"Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk_at_phk.freebsd.dk> writes:
> In fact, given the almost universal absense of third-party binary
> software, and the hostility and sofistication of current attacks
> on security, I am almost convinced that the correct thing to do is
> to discontinue 'a' entirely and make 'A' mandatory for all programs.

I agree.  A core dump is far more useful than whatever cryptic error
message and memory corruption one may get without 'A'.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des_at_des.no
Received on Wed Feb 18 2004 - 06:45:04 UTC

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