Can't connect to port 25 from another system

Eugen Leitl eugen at leitl.org
Tue Apr 25 11:38:27 UTC 2006


On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 08:55:46AM +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:

> There is no issue with UTF-8.  There may be problems with someones

Of course there is -- parsing UNICODE is far more involved, and empirically
results in more vulnerabilities.

Of course UNICODE is so damn convenient, but we're paying the price.

> implementation...and that goes for any charset encoding...but there is

Actually no, parsing 7 bit (and 8 bit) characters gives far less
opportunities for mayhem.

> absolutely no issues with UTF-8.  Anyone that tell you this is blowing
> smoke, spreading FUD, and just plain wrong.

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