Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 18:00:35 GMT From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/95290: amd64 inetd returns 8 byte time value instead of 4 byte Message-ID: <200604041800.k34I0Zq0039791@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/95290; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Bruce Becker <hostmaster@whois.gts.net> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/95290: amd64 inetd returns 8 byte time value instead of 4 byte Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 13:59:44 -0400 --liOOAslEiF7prFVr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 11:36:14PM +0000, Bruce Becker wrote: > >How-To-Repeat: > Enable the "time" builtin in inetd.conf, then "telnet localhost time > xxx" - > the last line of "xxx" will contain the erroneous 8 byte result There's also an argument that the RFC is broken since 64-bit time_t is the way of the future (i.e. the RFC is not Y2.038K compliant and will need to be amended anyway). Kris --liOOAslEiF7prFVr Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEMrQQWry0BWjoQKURAuZ1AKDkTlquWz5yl3PpR6X+hzfVwPQFUQCffm+l U/soAWbyxayG1c1W+R6/0JM= =in/h -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --liOOAslEiF7prFVr--
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