typo (i think)

[Ceri Davies]

On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 05:08:53PM +0100, Mark Lumsden wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm not sure if this is the correct address to send this to or if indeed
> i've came across a typo, but on page:
> 
> http://www.freebsd.org/security/security.html
> 
> under the section 'Secure Programming Guidelines', in the second sentence,
> theres a part that makes sense but also doesn't quite:
> 
> "Never trust any source of input, i.e. command line arguments, environment
> variables, configuration files, incoming TCP/UDP/ICMP packets, hostname
> lookups, function arguments, etc. If the length of or contents of
> the -->date<-- received is at all subject to outside control, then the
> program or function should watch for this when copying it around. Specific
> security issues to watch for in this are:"
> 
> Do you think it means data?

Yes, it does.  I've corrected it.

Thanks for the submission,

Ceri

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