Re: Apache - all versions vulnerability in OLD procesors.

From: Chris Adams (cmadams_at_hiwaay.net)
Date: 04/25/04

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    Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 19:50:16 -0500
To: bugtraq@securityfocus.com

    Once upon a time, Adam Zabrocki <pi3ki31ny@wp.pl> said:
    > This is fine, assuming that we have 32 bits CPU, and sizeof(unsigned
    > long) equals 4. So 4*16=64. There is no guarantee that on some archs
    > unsigned long is going to stay 32 bit width. When it's either longer
    > or shorter (I am not sure if long can be 16 bits long, but possibly
    > ANSI C standart doesn't say anythin about it's length in bits).

    In ANSI C the basic types are not defined in terms of bits, however
    there is a minimum magnitude required. An unsigned long is supposed to
    hold at least 4294967295, which is 2^32-1. On most normal platforms,
    that means an unsigned long must be at least 32 bits. 

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Chris Adams <cmadams@hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.
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