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387 points pedro84 | 2 comments | 26 Jul 17 19:51 UTC | HN request time: 0.456s | source
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Animats ◴[26 Jul 17 22:28 UTC] No.14860964[source]▶
C's lack of array size info strikes again:

    memcpy(current_wmm_ie, ie->data, ie->len);
where "ie" points to data obtained from the net.
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corndoge ◴[26 Jul 17 23:23 UTC] No.14861284[source]▶
Programmer's mistake for not validating data, not the fault of C language mechanics. Yes it would be easier if <hll features>, still gotta be careful. I've made plenty of these mistakes but never blamed the language.
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justinjlynn ◴[27 Jul 17 01:34 UTC] No.14861961[source]▶
There's a reason "THIS SIDE TOWARDS ENEMY" is a thing.
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1. Animats ◴[27 Jul 17 19:33 UTC] No.14868615[source]▶
It's actually

       FRONT

    TOWARD ENEMY
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M18_Claymore_mine
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2. justinjlynn ◴[29 Jul 17 03:17 UTC] No.14879304[source]▶
Fair enough. Thanks for the correction and additional information.