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GNU ed 1.0 was released last week

Posted Aug 27, 2008 11:52 UTC (Wed) by nix (subscriber, #2304)
In reply to: GNU ed 1.0 was released last week by coriordan
Parent article: 21 of the Best Free Linux Text Editors (LinuxLinks)

From NEWS, it seems this is seriously radical stuff:

The option "--program-prefix" has been added to the configure script.

A buffer overflow has been fixed.

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GNU ed 1.0 was released last week

Posted Aug 30, 2008 18:15 UTC (Sat) by bryanr (guest, #25324) [Link]

A buffer overflow, in ed, in 2008? Computer security is such an amusing and depressing reflection of mankind

GNU ed 1.0 was released last week

Posted Aug 31, 2008 11:34 UTC (Sun) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

Hey, look on the good side: it's unlikely anyone exploited it :)

(my mother just stopped using Windows 3.1, jumping to XP and Ubuntu. It
probably reduced her overall security because her Win3.1 box was
effectively exploitation-proof... I mean, who even looks for exploits on a
system that old?)