Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 18:32:42 -0400 From: Leo Bicknell <bicknell@ufp.org> To: FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: tiny patch to pkg_add Message-ID: <20010907183242.A66179@ussenterprise.ufp.org> In-Reply-To: <20010907151935.A40146@dub.net>; from unfurl@dub.net on Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 03:19:35PM -0700 References: <20010907150416.A38565@dub.net> <20010907151935.A40146@dub.net>
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On Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 03:19:35PM -0700, Bill Swingle wrote: > On Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 03:04:16PM -0700, Bill Swingle wrote: > > - strlcpy(packagesite, "", sizeof(packagesite)); > > Chris Costello recommended that I do this like this instead: > > packagesite[0] = '\0' > > Which seems to make sense since it lacks the overhead of strlcpy. Is > there a "right" way to do this? I think Chris's version is right, although if you're writing a security app, or just want to be overly paranoid in general you could use: bzero((void *)packagesite, sizeof(packagesite)); -- Leo Bicknell - bicknell@ufp.org Systems Engineer - Internetworking Engineer - CCIE 3440 Read TMBG List - tmbg-list-request@tmbg.org, www.tmbg.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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