Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 13:48:21 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> To: Kim Needham <kim.needham@rocksoft.com> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Veractiy and FreeBSD Message-ID: <20031105114821.GZ73736@starjuice.net> In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.0.20031105114806.00b34b98@mail.chariot.net.au> References: <20031104180932.GA70958@rot13.obsecurity.org> <001901c3a2de$7ab72c10$6855cd80@dhcp.hwi.buffalo.edu> <20031104180932.GA70958@rot13.obsecurity.org> <5.2.0.9.0.20031105114806.00b34b98@mail.chariot.net.au>
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On (2003/11/05 11:58), Kim Needham wrote: > This is caused by a check that determines if the /proc filesystem is on > the same device as the file being read to prevent reading in files of > infinite length. > Since FreeBSD 5.x seems to no longer use a mounted proc filesystem but proc > is mounted on the root device, this check will need to be removed for > FreeBSD 5.x. That doesn't sound like a "long uninformative story". Thanks for the feedback. Vendor support of FreeBSD is always appreciated. :-) Ciao, Sheldon.
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