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Re: woody release task needs help: package priorities



On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 04:28:37PM +0200, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
> You are assuming that talkd have buffer overflows, but you have no
> proof of it.  

Of course a reasonably paranoid person would assume that buffer
overflows exist and mitigate the risk as appropriate. Unless you can
*prove* that the software is secure (proof by assertion or proof by "it
hasn't happened yet" aren't) an assumption of security is unwarranted.

-- 
Mike Stone



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