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RCS file: /cvsrepo/anoncvs/cvs/src/usr.bin/ssh/packet.c,v
retrieving revision 1.168
retrieving revision 1.169
diff -u -r1.168 -r1.169
--- src/usr.bin/ssh/packet.c	2010/07/13 23:13:16	1.168
+++ src/usr.bin/ssh/packet.c	2010/08/31 09:58:37	1.169
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: packet.c,v 1.168 2010/07/13 23:13:16 djm Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: packet.c,v 1.169 2010/08/31 09:58:37 djm Exp $ */
 /*
  * Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
  * Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
@@ -1534,6 +1534,13 @@
 packet_get_string_ptr(u_int *length_ptr)
 {
 	return buffer_get_string_ptr(&active_state->incoming_packet, length_ptr);
+}
+
+/* Ensures the returned string has no embedded \0 characters in it. */
+char *
+packet_get_cstring(u_int *length_ptr)
+{
+	return buffer_get_cstring(&active_state->incoming_packet, length_ptr);
 }
 
 /*