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In message <20070512153532.GQ21795@elvis.mu.org>, Alfred Perlstein writes:
>* Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> [070512 08:11] wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Actually, I'm not convinced that crashing the program isn't the right 
>> answer. If an application corrupts memory managed by libc or other 
>> libraries, crashing is generally considered an entirely acceptable failure 
>> mode.
>
>Phk malloc has said otherwise for the past ... 10 years?
>
>I like how phk malloc has it as an option.

But notice that it is not an option for programs that runs as root
or setuid/setgid etc.

Given the hostility of networks, I would support a more hardcore
attitude to memory mismanagement these days.

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