From owner-freebsd-security Mon Jan 1 0: 6:12 2001 From owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 1 00:06:08 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from jamus.xpert.com (jamus.xpert.com [199.203.132.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 121A237B400 for ; Mon, 1 Jan 2001 00:05:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from roman (helo=localhost) by jamus.xpert.com with local-esmtp (Exim 3.12 #5) id 14CzyH-0004QU-00; Mon, 01 Jan 2001 10:05:33 +0200 Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 10:05:33 +0200 (IST) From: Roman Shterenzon To: Warner Losh Cc: Subject: Re: Proposed modification to ftpd In-Reply-To: <200101010625.f016Pqs13614@billy-club.village.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, 31 Dec 2000, Warner Losh wrote: > While the syntax is ugly, I agree that it would be useful to have in > our ftpd. > > In the little consulting I did, this was a huge, huge, huge requested > feature. > > While we could invent yet another syntax, it would likely be better to > use a slightly ugly, widely deployed syntax that people are familiar > with than a less ugly one they would be more inclined to make a > mistake with and have a false sense of security. Perhaps it's possible to leave the delimeter as an option, which defaults to "/./"? Or I'm missing the point? --Roman Shterenzon, UNIX System Administrator and Consultant [ Xpert UNIX Systems Ltd., Herzlia, Israel. Tel: +972-9-9522361 ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message