John Levine <jo...@taugh.com> wrote: > > On the other hand, all of the sloppy coding people use to handle > compressed names is embarassing.
I don't think it's entirely fair to blame the coders who make these mistakes, because a very large number of excellent programmers have made a mess of DNS name decompression. When I find out about new DNS code the first thing I do is look at the name parser to see if it successfully avoids these traps and pitfalls, because it's a good indication that the programmer has learned from their own or others' mistakes, or has much greater than average ability to write attack-resistant parsers. It seems worthwhile to try to help future coders not to mess it up. Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <d...@dotat.at> https://dotat.at/ Gibraltar Point to North Foreland: Northerly or northeasterly 3 to 5. Smooth or slight becoming slight or moderate. Showers. Good. _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
