Re: RFC: Adding a new (safer) data entry function to libdialog

2003-01-21 Thread Max Okumoto
Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 10:15:02AM +0100, Miguel Mendez wrote: > > On Mon, 20 Jan 2003 17:59:47 -0800 Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> [making libdialog safer } > > > libdialog is rife with overflowable buffers..I'm not sure it would be >

Re: RFC: Adding a new (safer) data entry function to libdialog

2003-01-21 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 10:15:02AM +0100, Miguel Mendez wrote: > On Mon, 20 Jan 2003 17:59:47 -0800 > Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> [making libdialog safer } > > libdialog is rife with overflowable buffers..I'm not sure it would be > > safe even with this input method. > > Okay,

Re: RFC: Adding a new (safer) data entry function to libdialog

2003-01-21 Thread Miguel Mendez
On Mon, 20 Jan 2003 17:59:47 -0800 Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> [making libdialog safer } > libdialog is rife with overflowable buffers..I'm not sure it would be > safe even with this input method. Okay, I have another idea that might be a bit more productive, since the code in lib

Re: RFC: Adding a new (safer) data entry function to libdialog

2003-01-20 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 12:18:51PM +0100, Miguel Mendez wrote: > Hello hackers, > > Currently, when one wants the user to enter data in a libdialog based > program, one uses the following function: > > int > dialog_inputbox(unsigned char *title, unsigned char *prompt, > in