Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 16:44:54 +0100 From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: standard error handling for malloc() broken for user root and group wheel Message-ID: <xzp1xos9ytl.fsf@dwp.des.no> In-Reply-To: <9567.1077094252@critter.freebsd.dk> (Poul-Henning Kamp's message of "Wed, 18 Feb 2004 09:50:52 %2B0100") References: <9567.1077094252@critter.freebsd.dk>
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"Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@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 --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no
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