OPINION TIME! The "safe" versions are not safer than using some of the others which include the length of the destination buffer. Such as strncpy, strncmp, and so on. The strn... functions are multiplatform and standard. The str..._s functions, from what I have read on the Web, are a Microsoft invention. They are not ISO or ANSI standard functions, but are being considered. And, according to one person, were invented by MS strictly as a way to make it more difficult to port code using them to other systems.
-- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-961-6183 cell john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Charles Mills > Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 10:42 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: Is there a good mailing list or forum for > mainframe C/C++ specifically? > > Thanks. Right. I was thinking of several such possibilities. > > There are also "safe" versions of many of the char[] > functions including > sprintf, so several of these would have to be written. > sprintf would be a > little trickier than the below. > > I was just surprised that IBM did not provide "safe" versions > given that (in > my informal survey of malware issues) the number one cause of security > problems in software is "buffer overrun." > > Charles ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
