> On 15 Apr 2021, at 07:17, Tony Finch <d...@dotat.at> wrote:
>
> 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.
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> Gibraltar Point to North Foreland: Northerly or northeasterly 3 to 5.
> Smooth or slight becoming slight or moderate. Showers. Good.
Adding test vectors would help, especially broken vectors.
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