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SubjectRe: SECURITY - data leakage due to incorrect strncpy implementation
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On Sad, 2003-07-12 at 22:28, Horst von Brand wrote:
> Perhaps there should be a strncpy_touser() to make it crystal clear that it
> _can't_ be "optimized" into strlcpy()

The direct to_user functions are not normally a problem. The data they fail
to clear is the users own data anyway.

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