Re: [EXIM] using DRAC with exim

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Author: Vadim Vygonets
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [EXIM] using DRAC with exim
Quoth Olaf Titz on Thu, Jul 08, 1999:
> The traditional dbm API deals with "datums" as binary blocks represented

                                      ^^^^^^

> as pointer/length pairs, not as C strings.


The plural of 'datum' is 'data'.

> The proper fix
> IMHO would be to change the dbm reading routine in exim to add the nul
> byte or otherwise ensure a cap on string length. (Note that this also
> has to do with avoiding crashes on malformed dbm data.)


I agree.

Vadik.

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