From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: zlib autoconf question Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 12:35:16 -0400 Message-ID: References: <20995.38193.299757.55244@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <20999.62420.118305.428747@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <83a9knr5px.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1376325336 7025 80.91.229.3 (12 Aug 2013 16:35:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 16:35:36 +0000 (UTC) Cc: larsi@gnus.org, eliz@gnu.org, ulm@gentoo.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 12 18:35:36 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1V8v5j-000602-0B for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 18:35:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46100 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V8v5i-0007YN-Ib for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 12:35:34 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51017) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V8v5W-0007R6-Sg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 12:35:28 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V8v5S-0007Rh-Ds for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 12:35:22 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:40538) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V8v5S-0007RU-AO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 12:35:18 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V8v5Q-0006Sq-Nz; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 12:35:16 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Stefan Monnier on Mon, 12 Aug 2013 09:58:51 -0400) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:162632 Archived-At: [ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider [ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, [ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. One crucial point about libraries that handle file formats (compressed, or images) is that if they don't carefully check their input for invalid format, they can be openings for an attack. Are there groups that carefully study these libraries to make sure they detect all erroneous input? -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation 51 Franklin St Boston MA 02110 USA www.fsf.org www.gnu.org Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software. Use Ekiga or an ordinary phone call.