Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Coverity dead code bugs

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From: Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 14:54:05 -0600
They're bugs 826 - 835.  Bugs 826 & 827 are marked Blocker/High since
they concern NULL pointer dereferences.  The rest are dead code errors.

Gerald Combs wrote:
> I'll start creating Bugzilla entries shortly.
> 
> Olivier Biot wrote:
>> Hello Jaap,
>>  
>> I second the idea of submitting reviewed "dead code" bugs identified by
>> Coverity to the Ethereal Bugzilla database. Another option is to post a
>> request for review on specific "dead code" bugs we reviewed but were
>> unable to fix ( e.g. due to lack of acquaintance with a given protocol).
>>  
>> Best regards,
>>  
>> Olivier
>>
>>  
>> On 3/17/06, *Jaap Keuter* <jaap.keuter@xxxxxxxxx
>> <mailto:jaap.keuter@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>
>>     Hi list,
>>
>>     Would it be wise to get the Coverity records signalling dead code and
>>     which are tagged as bugs into the Ethereal bug database?
>>     These are tricky bugs, but are not likely to present a security risk,
>>     hence publication isn't a problem. Larger exposure of these tricky bugs
>>     can get them 'in view' of the person who knows about that code or
>>     protocol with a higher chance of getting a repair.
>>
>>     Thanx,
>>     Jaap
>>
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