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It's still a bloody awful program from a 21st century point of view.
It cannot just inherit its socket already open. It does a compulsory initial fork-and-exit that cannot be turned off. It cannot be told to log to standard error.
It broadcasts personal user information on the LAN, in cleartext. It uses source port number checks for security. it has fixed length buffers. Its signed 32-bit clock rolls over in 2038.
One to make @ska shudder in horror, I suspect. (-:
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It's still a bloody awful program from a 21st century point of view.
It cannot just inherit its socket already open. It does a compulsory initial fork-and-exit that cannot be turned off. It cannot be told to log to standard error.
It broadcasts personal user information on the LAN, in cleartext. It uses source port number checks for security. it has fixed length buffers. Its signed 32-bit clock rolls over in 2038.
One to make @ska shudder in horror, I suspect. (-: