Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 11:22:59 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> To: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> Cc: audit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RFC: bsdtar in 5.3 Message-ID: <20040716082259.GC6353@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> In-Reply-To: <40F75D68.80400@samsco.org> References: <DF07AEAE-CCE8-11D8-9FE1-00039312D914@fillmore-labs.com> <40E8275B.1090008@kientzle.com> <40F75D68.80400@samsco.org>
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On 2004-07-15 22:45, Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> wrote: >Tim Kientzle wrote: >>Oliver Eikemeier wrote: >>>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? > > Where are we on this? I thought of replying positively to Tim's initial post but not as a "leader" figure of any sort. If I could help by researching about test scenarios, designing some and/or running them I'd be glad to assist in any way I can though. Giorgos
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