Re: [Lit.] Buffer overruns

From: infobahn (infobahn_at_btinternet.com)
Date: 01/31/05 

Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 12:22:35 +0000 (UTC)

David Wagner wrote:
>
> infobahn wrote:
> >I think you're putting a 1" bandage on an 18" wound. That's fine,
> >as long as nobody pretends it's a cure. Personally, I'd rather
> >sort the wound out than pretend that a bandage can fix it.
>
> Sounds about right to me. It might be a 8-10" bandage on a 18" wound,
> maybe, but it certainly isn't a cure, not by a long shot.
>
> I'd absolutely prefer to sort the wound out rather than just bandage
> part of the bleeding, if that was feasible. Unfortunately, how to do
> that in the case of security seems to be a big open question.

Well, a number of positive suggestions have been made already
in this thread, although they don't appear to have been treated
very seriously. What I think we do agree on is that continuing
to patch up broken code is probably not the best use of our time.

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