[plt-scheme] Re: 4.0.1.2-svn26June2008 installed on OpenBSD

From: Eli Barzilay (eli at barzilay.org)
Date: Sat Jun 28 21:19:46 EDT 2008

On Jun 28, Kyle Smith wrote:
> 
> BTW, is anyone dedicated to security matters in the PLT group?

Nobody specific...


> While v4.0.1.2 was being compiled, I couldn't help but notice the
> occasional warnings about dangerous function usage; i.e., strcpy,
> sprintf and the like.  If so, I'd like to hook up with them and
> offer to help with a thorough security code audit.

I think that most of these are false alarms (due to things that the
compiler does not know about), but if you scan the code and find bugs
then that will be a good thing.

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