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

H. Peter Anvin
2004-02-22T20:09:27Z

Followup to: <20040221135439.GA310@elf.ucw.cz>
By author: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> 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

"Be liberal, but cautious, in what you accept" is pretty much the new
rule.

-hpa