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From: jaitken@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Jeff Aitken)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: Why does FreeBSD 1.1.5 say gets() is unsafe?
Date: 25 Jul 1994 21:15:40 -0400
Organization: Virginia Tech Computer Science Dept, Blacksburg, VA
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Satoshi ASAMI (asami@cs.berkeley.edu) wrote:
: You are following up the wrong post. I'm the one who said gets() is
: inherently unsafe, then someone said it's only that sendmail was badly
: written. I know that we should use fgets() instead of gets(), and so
: do most other people (and it's already mentioned earlier in this
: thread, I believe).
Sorry, news expires quickly here (or I just plain missed the original
message).
Jeff
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Jeff Aitken jaitken@vt.edu
A witty saying proves nothing, but saying something stupid gets
peoples' attention