From:	j DOT aldrich6 AT genie DOT com
Message-Id:	<199604162320.AA167046848@relay1.geis.com>
Date:	Tue, 16 Apr 96 23:21:00 UTC 0000
To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Mime-Version:	1.0
Subject:	Re: End of file keyboard symbo

Reply to message 0358293    from SYSDIAG AT MOZCO on 04/16/96  4:22AM


>Uh, before you get carried away with your praise of gets (), remember that
>gets () was what let the Internet Worm work. It doesn't check for buffer
>overflow. I suggest (as do zillions of other people) fgets().

Excuse me.  You are absolutely right.  But it's the same basic principle. :)

BTW, I never did hear much about the Internet Worm - guess I was out
of touch when it was the rage - what was that all about anyway?

John

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