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  2. From: mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de (Michael van Elst)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
  4. Subject: Re: SHAREWARE PROGRAMMERS: Protection Patch (was Re: OS features)
  5. Date: 19 Jan 1996 01:26:43 +0100
  6. Organization: dis-
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  8. Message-ID: <4dmog3$9pq@serpens.rhein.de>
  9. References: <92747544038@PAPA.NORTH.DE> <4b3h9s$1st@alterdial.UU.NET> <hmAVx*Y3f@yaps.rhein.de>  <cg.75pf@ami-cg.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA> <4d3t9e$mkv@hermes.louisville.edu>  <m4d20p0mn2v.fsf@freud.hut.fi> <bAAYx*mla@aargh.incubus.sub.org>
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  11.  
  12. marc@aargh.incubus.sub.org (Marc 'Nepomuk' Heuler) writes:
  13.  
  14. >Parsing  the  FD  files  enables  us  to  automatically  SetFunction()  all
  15. >functions  of  the OS, adding the appropriate consistency check subfunction
  16. >for each OS function.
  17.  
  18. Ouch. That's tricky. It isn't sufficient to validate pointers to
  19. go to existing memory. You have to validate that say a window pointer
  20. points to a window and that it hasn't been closed.
  21.  
  22. Regards,
  23. -- 
  24.                                 Michael van Elst
  25.  
  26. Internet: mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de
  27.                                 "A potential Snark may lurk in every tree."
  28.