Re: Unbounded memory use in drda-info

[Ron <ron () skullsecurity net>]

On Mon, 9 May 2011 17:54:50 +0200 Patrik Karlsson <patrik () cqure net> wrote:
> I would of course prefer being able
> to call receive_bytes directly with the exact number of bytes to
> read, rather than the minimum. I know this has been discussed in the
> past [1] but I'm not certain about the current status.
The way Nessus solves this is by having both 'max length' and 'min length' arguments to the recv() and recvfrom()-style 
functions. By setting them to the same value, you can receive an exact number of bytes. 

I've found it to be super handy! 

Ron
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