[34695] in bugtraq
Re: Apache - all versions vulnerability in OLD procesors.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Peter Pentchev)
Wed Apr 28 11:38:55 2004
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 10:29:00 +0300
From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net>
To: Adam Zabrocki <pi3ki31ny@wp.pl>
Cc: bugtraq@securityfocus.com
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On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 08:12:26PM -0000, Adam Zabrocki wrote:
>=20
> Hello
>=20
> In OLD procesors (i mean like x286 and some version x386) when the
> sizeof (unsigned long) =3D=3D sizeof (unsgined int) there is bug becouse =
it's
> 2 bytes and... 2*16=3D32
Eh?
Yes, you are talking about 16-bit processors, where the word size was 16
bits (two bytes), and sizeof(int) =3D=3D 2. However, I can't remember any C
compilers for Intel x86 processors where sizeof(long) !=3D 4. Yes, 'int' w=
as
a 16-bit type, but IIRC, 'long' has always been a 32-bit type (a so-called
DWORD back then) - just as the C standard requires, as others mentioned.
> but i don't have in this time box with that
> procesors for research this situactions and this is only theory that bug
> becouse i don't know whether apache we can run on this OLD procesors.
It's not just a matter of processors. You have to have OS support for
sockets and stuff. Yes, this can be done under Windows in 16-bit mode or
MS-DOS with the appropriate socket library, like WATTCP -
http://google.com/search?q=3DApache+WATTCP
Still, see above for the reasons this will NOT be a problem even then.
sizeof(long) >=3D 4, and that's that.
G'luck,
Peter
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