Re: @(#) Mordred Labs advisory 0x0001: Buffer overflow in - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Christopher Kings-Lynne
Subject Re: @(#) Mordred Labs advisory 0x0001: Buffer overflow in
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Msg-id GNELIHDDFBOCMGBFGEFOGEMICDAA.chriskl@familyhealth.com.au
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In response to Re: @(#) Mordred Labs advisory 0x0001: Buffer overflow in  (Justin Clift <justin@postgresql.org>)
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> As Tom pointed out, we've already had several releases without getting
> rid of this OPAQUE DOS bug, and as pointed out he also really doesn't
> have the patience for fixing it (yet).
>
> Was hoping we could get serious bugs fixed sooner rather than later,
> otherwise I'm afraid of us just adding more bugs over time until we
> start to affect our "having come good" reputation.

Getting a buggy rep on BugTraq has got to be a Bad Thing.  We already have
enough trouble competing with MySQL mindshare, and they haven't had BugTraq
problems.

Chris



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