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Date:      Mon, 11 Dec 2000 18:56:10 -0800
From:      kris@citusc.usc.edu
To:        Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
Cc:        arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Safe string formatting in the kernel
Message-ID:  <20001211185610.A1741@citusc.usc.edu>
In-Reply-To: <xzpsnnuq1hy.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>; from des@ofug.org on Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 07:03:21PM %2B0100
References:  <xzpsnnuq1hy.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>

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On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 07:03:21PM +0100, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
> I've implemented a set of functions for performing safe string
> formatting in the kernel, based on an initial idea (and design) by
> Poul-Henning. There's a patch up on freefall:

I haven't reviewed this implementation, but introducing a secure
string handling API into the kernel has my support as security
officer. The current abuse of sprintf() in the kernel is really,
really scary.

Kris

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