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Re: strcpy -> strlcpy?


From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 11:02:18 -0800 (PST)

:Is it worth changing strcpy to strlcpy?
:
:style(9) mentions this only for new code but it would be quite easy to
:fix the tree (as OpenBSD has).
:
:Cheers
:
:Steve

    I think the answer is 'yes', because it makes audits easier, but
    it's also very easy to make mistakes when doing such conversions
    (e.g. like accidently using sizeof(variable) where variable is a
    pointer rather then a buffer), so any such patches would have to
    be carefully reviewed.  Feed them slowly :-)

					-Matt
					Matthew Dillon 
					<dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>



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