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Subject: Re: RFC: bsdtar in 5.3
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Oliver Eikemeier wrote:
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> Are there any plans to do an security audit of bsdtar? This may be an 
> important issue, since tar is often used running as root to unpack 
> downloaded archives.

This is an excellent idea.  Obviously,
someone other than me should lead this:
any volunteers?

Tim