Re: Naive HAMMER question

[walt <wa1ter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bill Hacker wrote:
> Matthew Dillon wrote:

> > ...the filesystems, and
> > possibly even the kernel, should just be neutral about the whole mess
> > and allow (or at least not disallow) binary encodings, which is pretty
> > much how it works now.
>
> [WBH]
> Carrying encoding deeper than it otherwise needs to be also adds a great
> deal of work to insure consistency. That need is pervasive and
> never-ending.
>
> Such overhead is avoidable if the lower levels remain as pure-binary and
> usage-agnostic as possible...

I'm wondering about 'untrusted user input', which account for countless
buffer-overflow exploits, year after endless year.  Seems to me that a
file name is just one more type of 'untrusted user input' to add to the
pile.  Anyone have any thoughts about this?

> As to the fs side - have a look here (imperfect - but handy):
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems

Yes, wikipedia is a goldmine of computer-geek wisdom.  Thanks for the
link.

> ...
> Ironically, I can't test it on MY Mac's as '*BSD'ie that I am, my first
> act in OS X setup is to reformat the drives to all-UFS....

Um, then what's the point of spending the extra money?  Trying to impress
the college co-eds?  :-D