retiring gets(3)

[Wade Guthrie]

In article <1988Nov8.054845.23998 at utstat.uucp>, geoff at utstat.uucp (Geoff Collyer) writes:
> The recent exposure of the security bug in the 4BSD fingerd caused by
> use of gets(3) reminded me that gets is a bug waiting to happen and
> should be stamped out.

gets is bad? There is a problem?  Please explain this to us unknowledgable
types before it's too late.


Wade Guthrie
Rockwell International
Anaheim, CA

(Rockwell doesn't necessarily believe / stand by what I'm saying; how could
they when *I* don't even know what I'm talking about???)