diff --git a/automotive/can/1.0/default/libnl++/Attributes.cpp b/automotive/can/1.0/default/libnl++/Attributes.cpp
index c101647..620f57b 100644
--- a/automotive/can/1.0/default/libnl++/Attributes.cpp
+++ b/automotive/can/1.0/default/libnl++/Attributes.cpp
@@ -49,7 +49,11 @@
 template <>
 std::string Attributes::parse(Buffer<nlattr> buf) {
     const auto rawString = buf.data<char>().getRaw();
-    return std::string(rawString.ptr(), rawString.len());
+    std::string str(rawString.ptr(), rawString.len());
+
+    str.erase(std::find(str.begin(), str.end(), '\0'), str.end());
+
+    return str;
 }
 
 template <typename T>
diff --git a/automotive/can/1.0/default/libnl++/common.cpp b/automotive/can/1.0/default/libnl++/common.cpp
index 74eee24..23c2d94 100644
--- a/automotive/can/1.0/default/libnl++/common.cpp
+++ b/automotive/can/1.0/default/libnl++/common.cpp
@@ -32,9 +32,7 @@
     return 0;
 }
 
-std::string sanitize(std::string str) {
-    str.erase(std::find(str.begin(), str.end(), '\0'), str.end());
-
+std::string printableOnly(std::string str) {
     const auto isInvalid = [](char c) { return !isprint(c); };
     std::replace_if(str.begin(), str.end(), isInvalid, '?');
 
diff --git a/automotive/can/1.0/default/libnl++/common.h b/automotive/can/1.0/default/libnl++/common.h
index 1d9dbab..38263c5 100644
--- a/automotive/can/1.0/default/libnl++/common.h
+++ b/automotive/can/1.0/default/libnl++/common.h
@@ -37,11 +37,14 @@
 unsigned int nametoindex(const std::string& ifname);
 
 /**
- * Sanitize a string of unknown contents.
+ * Filter a string against non-printable characters.
  *
- * Trims the string to the first '\0' character and replaces all non-printable characters with '?'.
+ * Replaces all non-printable characters with '?'.
+ *
+ * \param str String to filter.
+ * \return Filtered string.
  */
-std::string sanitize(std::string str);
+std::string printableOnly(std::string str);
 
 /**
  * Calculates a (optionally running) CRC16 checksum.
diff --git a/automotive/can/1.0/default/libnl++/printer.cpp b/automotive/can/1.0/default/libnl++/printer.cpp
index 320641c..e6cada2 100644
--- a/automotive/can/1.0/default/libnl++/printer.cpp
+++ b/automotive/can/1.0/default/libnl++/printer.cpp
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
         }
         case DataType::String: {
             const auto str = attr.data<char>().getRaw();
-            ss << '"' << sanitize({str.ptr(), str.len()}) << '"';
+            ss << '"' << printableOnly({str.ptr(), str.len()}) << '"';
             break;
         }
         case DataType::Uint: