> ircu 2.10.11 currently does not check the length of incoming account > stamps, but rather truncates them to fit. This may cause problems (or at > least turn an already nasty problem such as misconfigured software into > a nastier one), because the truncated name may belong to someone else. > > I have attached a small patch to m_account.c against u2_10_11_02 that > will check incoming stamps against ACCOUNTLEN and complain through > wallops about stamps that are too large.
A protocol_violation() call would probably be better here... -- Kevin L. Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>