Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: UTF-8 practically vs. theoretically in the VFS API (was: Re: JFS default behavior) | Date | Sun, 22 Feb 2004 20:09:21 +0000 (UTC) |
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Followup to: <20040221135439.GA310@elf.ucw.cz> By author: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > Hi! > > > > Which flies in the face of "Be strict in what you generate, be liberal in > > what you accept". A lot of the functions are _not_ willing to be liberal > > in what they accept. Which sometimes just makes the problem worse, for no > > good reason. > > Be liberal in what you accept used to be good rule... until security > became important. While it is still nice from ease-of-use viewpoint, > its bad when you want it secure. > Pavel
"Be liberal, but cautious, in what you accept" is pretty much the new rule.
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