On Wed, Apr 19, 2000 at 10:03:46AM -0400, Horst von Brand wrote:
> strncpy(3) and its ilk instead of strcpy(3) et al is standard
> recomendation, take a look at the Secure-Programs-HOWTO for instance.
strncpy Considered Harmful. use strlen and memcpy instead. it's faster
and gives you more useful information.
(the number of people who don't realise than strncpy zero-fills is
amazingly high. Oh and that it doesn't necessarily give you a string
as the result..)
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