[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Hostname lookups again.

[Gaute B Strokkenes <gs234@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jarda Benkovsky <pvt.benkovsk@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Gaute B Strokkenes wrote:

> > Actually checking the length field of the look-up (when we've
> > already ascertained that it's AF_INET) might be a bit anal, but
> > why not.
> 
> Definitely not too anal! You should check it to prevent remote
> exploits

That's interesting.  How would one do that?

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