>>>>> "Philip" == Philip Blundell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> I don't remember the specifics, and I don't have the original note
>> anymore. I do have one message from that thread. The subject was
>> "Patches to glibc...."; Scott Bambrough was one of the others in
>> the discussion. Date I have is around April 14th.
Philip> If I remember right that discussion was about structures like
Philip> the TFTP header. Those do need to be packed because,
Philip> unfortunately, they are used directly for external
Philip> presentation. I don't recall ever having seen a detailed
Philip> explanation of this alleged structure packing problem with
Philip> passwd (though I might well have missed it).
I don't remember any of the details other than a vague recollection
that the problem appeared in password checking. That in turn lead to
the more general discussion, which is the only part I saved.
Is there ANY archive of this list anywhere?
paul
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