Why are strlcpy and strlcat considered insecure?

Question

I understand that strlcpy and strlcat were designed as secure replacements for strncpy and strncat. However, some people

Answer 1

I think Ulrich and others think it'll give a false sense of security. Accidentally truncating strings can have security implications for other parts of the code (for example, if a file system path is truncated, the program might not be performing operations on the intended file).