Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 16 Dec 1997 11:46:15 -0600 (GMT+6) | From | t0mmy <> | Subject | Re: security warning |
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There's been a lot of discussion about this already, pay attention. It is not a sure thing, it's easy to get around i've been told, and many complain that it breaks unix standards. ie: the symlink in /tmp shit..
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On Tue, 16 Dec 1997, Albert D. Cahalan wrote:
> I suspect nearly everybody has a security hole on their system. > (some of you can guess... please wait a few weeks) > I would strongly suggest the following patch: > ftp://ftp.fuller.edu/Linux/symlink-attack-patch-2.1.71 > I hope that patch gets in the kernel soon, default to "Y". >
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