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1995-10-25 - Re: Does your software?

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From: Andy Brown <asb@nexor.co.uk>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1995-10-25 13:33:11 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 25 Oct 95 06:33:11 PDT

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From: Andy Brown <asb@nexor.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 95 06:33:11 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Does your software?
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On Tue, 24 Oct 1995, Dr. Frederick B. Cohen wrote:

> Actually, not true.  The global fixed-length buffers, shared variables,
> and lack of prototypes provide protection against allocation problems
> which sould result in denial of service, corruptions at near-capacity
> load, and other similar security problems.

Please explain how a lack of prototypes (and shared variables for that 
matter) provide protection against the problems you describe.


- Andy

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