Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 09:57:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> To: Paul Hart <hart@iserver.com> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: OpenBSD's strlcpy(3) and strlcat(3) Message-ID: <199907151657.JAA11249@apollo.backplane.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990715102711.19105A-100000@anchovy.orem.iserver.com>
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:I was just reviewing the proceedings from the USENIX 1999 Annual Technical :Conference where Todd Miller and Theo de Raadt presented a paper on two :new functions that OpenBSD has integrated into libc. The new functions, :strlcpy(3) and strlcat(3), are intended to provide an easily understood :... :I was impressed by the paper and wondered if anyone besides myself would :be amenable to including them in FreeBSD's libc. Are there members of the :FreeBSD core and community that would be interested in importing these new :functions? The semantics of strncpy(3) and strncat(3) have struck me as :warts on the C standard for some time. I'm not sure what debate took :... : :If you are a USENIX member you can access the text of the paper at: : : http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix99/millert.html : :Paul Hart :Paul Robert Hart ><8> ><8> ><8> Verio Web Hosting, Inc. I was quite impressed with that paper too and would love to see the functions added to libc. -Matt Matthew Dillon <dillon@backplane.com> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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