From:	Martin Str|mberg <ams AT ludd DOT luth DOT se>
Message-Id:	<200107101137.NAA01123@father.ludd.luth.se>
Subject:	Re: glob buffer overflow fix
In-Reply-To:	<3B4A416B.14717.344112@localhost> from "Mark E." at "Jul 9, 2001 11:42:35 pm"
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Date:	Tue, 10 Jul 2001 13:37:53 +0200 (MET DST)
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According to Mark E.:
> This patch adds buffer overflow checks to the output buffer. The idea is that 
> a filename in the output buffer can't be valid and won't match if its size is 
> greater or equal to 2000 bytes (or whatever impossible length).

Any reason for not using MAXPATH (or PATH_MAX)?


Right,

						MartinS

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