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Add a comment to the TODO item about localization for Nmap. Need to be

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careful of security risks from functions that change their behavior
depending on the locale.
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@ -256,7 +256,10 @@ o The Zenmap translation system
http://nmap.org/docs.html. We should definitely try to use the same
translation methods for Zenmap as we do for Nmap. In fact, maybe we
can create a combined PO file Nmap, Zenmap, Ncat, and Ndiff so that
they can all be translated and maintained together.
they can all be translated and maintained together. Something to
consider: calling setlocale can change the behavior of functions like
isalpha. Locale-dependent functions need to be checked for security
risks.
o Consider changing Nsock so that it is able to take advantage of more
modern interfaces to dealing with large sockets, rather than just