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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:11839 comp.os.386bsd.development:2345 comp.os.386bsd.misc:2858 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!MathWorks.Com!yeshua.marcam.com!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!olivea!news.hal.COM!decwrl!netcomsv!netcom.com!jmonroy From: jmonroy@netcom.com (Jesus Monroy Jr) Subject: Re: Why does FreeBSD 1.1.5 say gets() is unsafe? Message-ID: <jmonroyCtMGq2.IC6@netcom.com> Followup-To: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <30lrf3$2ii@acmez.gatech.edu> <ASAMI.94Jul21184711@forgery.cs.berkeley.edu> <31181v$ibk@agate.berkeley.edu> <ASAMI.94Jul25151654@forgery.cs.berkeley.edu> <311m2e$o33@agate.berkeley.edu> Date: Wed, 27 Jul 1994 23:18:01 GMT Lines: 18 Edward Wang (edward@homer.CS.Berkeley.EDU) wrote: : In article <ASAMI.94Jul25151654@forgery.cs.berkeley.edu>, : Satoshi ASAMI <asami@cs.berkeley.edu> wrote: : >Hmm, so how can you write a program that uses gets() and is safe? : As long as it's not setuid or run from a daemon, it's perfectly safe, : just coredumps from time to time. : I think this is enough on gets(). Somehow I am to beleive that a "coredump" is a good thing?!? -- Jesus Monroy Jr jmonroy@netcom.com Zebra Research /386BSD/device-drivers /fd /qic /clock /documentation ___________________________________________________________________________