Re: Patch for openssh server

On Tuesday 15 August 2006 16:43, Chris Rapier wrote:
> Christian Iversen wrote:
> >>>>> + logit("Accounting: Bytes in/out: %ld/%ld", bytes_in, bytes_out);
> >>>>
> >>>> bytes_in and bytes_out are unsigned but the format string is signed.
> >>>
> >>> Oops, my bad. Indeed, that would be a problem if the user transferred
> >>> more bytes than there are atoms in the universe ;-)
> >>
> >> Yeah, it's not something that people are likely hit in an enormous hurry
> >>
> >> :-)
> >
> > Not really, no ;-)
>
> Based on the amount of data we're moving around at the US supercomputing
> centers I'd say you have 5 to 7 years at the outside.

Well, one extra bit is really only going to help another 5 or 7 years then. We
should clearly all use 128-bit numbers right away ;-)

--
Regards,
Christian Iversen
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