From owner-freebsd-security Wed Jul 11 12:25:40 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (adsl-63-207-60-132.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net [63.207.60.132]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E981D37B40B for ; Wed, 11 Jul 2001 12:25:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id E8EB666D72; Wed, 11 Jul 2001 12:25:32 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 12:25:32 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway To: Christian Kuhtz Cc: security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: buffer overflows Message-ID: <20010711122529.D87389@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20010710155350.Y19184@ns1.arch.bellsouth.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-md5; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Qrgsu6vtpU/OV/zm" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010710155350.Y19184@ns1.arch.bellsouth.net>; from ck@arch.bellsouth.net on Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 03:53:50PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org --Qrgsu6vtpU/OV/zm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 03:53:50PM -0400, Christian Kuhtz wrote: >=20 > Does anyone have a pointer to a FAQ or other document which I can rub int= o a > developers nose to help him/her find the code prone to buffer overflows a= nd > how to fix them? >=20 > The question keeps coming up more frequently than I have time to answer i= t ;-) We have some information and pointers on www.freebsd.org/security, but this page could certainly stand to be improved. If anyone wants to submit some more links or extra information it would be very much appreciated. Kris --Qrgsu6vtpU/OV/zm Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7TKgoWry0BWjoQKURAhmNAKCY0U+oMzcEPdeYYMt9GAJ4clbKUQCg2VQU pMfAv/G7XqQmmEbQMQFqkzg= =KSzu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Qrgsu6vtpU/OV/zm-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message