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>Isn't this what made most of OpenSSL bugs possible and made them go unnoticed for a long time? Yes, and samba, and firefox. Replacing the standard C memory al
by aortega 12y ago
>Isn't this what made most of OpenSSL bugs possible and made them go unnoticed for a long time?
Yes, and samba, and firefox.
Replacing the standard C memory allocator is a stupid idea.
- angersock 12y agoReplacing the standard C memory allocator is a stupid idea. Incorrect. There are a lot of reasons (for tracing, for debugging, for providing fast allocations, etc.) for replacing the standard malloc() implementation in a given program. Simply put, recall that that allocator has to be good-enough for the general case, and as such cannot be the best for any particular case. It's tricky to get right, but it's hardly a "stupid idea".