q u a s i wrote: > At 02:39 even 9/30/02 -0700, Satya wrote: > >> Classic buffer overflow. Say you have[...]: > > > buffer over flow is defined as when you feed more data than > the buffer has [free] capacity for. Due to the C legacy > which does not do bound checking for array writes this may > lead to to bad places. Agreed. But when you malloc you > allocate /limited/ memory too. There is /no/ way to prevent > you from overflowing an allocated buffer if you so wish.
I think the thing with a fixed-sized array on the stack is that a buffer overrun will more certainly overwrite the program code which is far more dangerous than overwriting some random memory. Manish _______________________________________________ http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
