Re: Bell Labs or Microsoft security?

[Richard A Steenbergen <ras () e-gerbil net>]

On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 05:26:06PM +0000, E.B. Dreger wrote:
> If you check before each byte.  Checking for sufficient space
> first ("is there room for a 245-byte string?") is much faster.
> Besides, looking at all the bloated code using indirect function
> calls[*] and crappy code using poor algorithms... is speed really
> a concern?
>
> [*] Try profiling indirect function calls on x86, especially
>     newer cores.  Such instructions carry a stiff penalty... but
>     there's no shortage of virtual functions in certain software.
>     (Think: OWL and MFC libraries.)

Note I'm making a distinction between fixing the string libraries to 
handle overflow situations better, and changing the entire OS to do array 
bounds checking. One is good, the other is not.

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