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Re:Nginx SPDY heap buffer overflow (affects 1.3.15 – 1.5.11) by willvarfar on Tuesday March 18, 2014 @03:34PM (#7424420)
And why leave in a #if when patching too?
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Re:Nginx SPDY heap buffer overflow (affects 1.3.15 – 1.5.11) by atom7 on Tuesday March 18, 2014 @04:14PM (#7424680)
I assume the reason was to keep diff as minimal as possible. Note that it should apply to all mentioned versions without problems.
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Re:Nginx SPDY heap buffer overflow (affects 1.3.15 – 1.5.11) by untaken on Tuesday March 18, 2014 @04:06PM (#7424636)
Keeps the changes to a minimum, reducing the risk of effecting anything else. (quicker + safer)
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