Re: UTF-8 practically vs. theoretically in the VFS API (was: Re: JFS default behavior)

Pavel Machek
2004-02-21T13:54:58Z

Hi!

> Which flies in the face of "Be strict in what you generate, be liberal in
> what you accept". A lot of the functions are _not_ willing to be liberal
> in what they accept. Which sometimes just makes the problem worse, for no
> good reason.

Be liberal in what you accept used to be good rule... until security
became important. While it is still nice from ease-of-use viewpoint,
its bad when you want it secure.
Pavel
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