On 18 February 2011 19:13, Joe Zeff <joe@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On 02/18/2011 09:55 AM, Ian Malone wrote: >> To derail discussion slightly, this doesn't really fix the problem, >> just shifts it to a different place (keeping track of lengths and >> dynamically handling data) > > In a word, "NO." You know how big your buffer is so you only allow > strncpy() to copy that many bytes, throwing away any excess. Used properly, yes you've avoided buffer overruns, used badly no. strncpy(dest,src,strlen(src)+1) Ridiculous? Yes. Never used in practice? I'd like to believe it. strncpy has been in C since it was first standardised, but people still write code that overflows. -- imalone -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
