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Re: split stdio-safer into fopen-safer, tmpfile-safer

From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: split stdio-safer into fopen-safer, tmpfile-safer
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 21:42:09 -0600
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According to Ben Pfaff on 7/26/2006 11:54 AM:
> Eric Blake <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>> According to Ben Pfaff on 7/25/2006 11:21 AM:
>>> Can you expand on why tmpfile is not so safe?
>> I'd still like to fear Paul's reasons.  
> 
> I hope you mean "hear" them :-)

A rather humorous typo on my part, in retrospect.  Sorry for the confusion.

> I was worried that there was something bigger here.  Usually a
> "safety" issue is something more important than leaving a
> temporary file undeleted or limiting their number, like the
> possibility of a security hole, a segfault, etc.

Not that I'm aware of.

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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