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Date:      Wed, 6 Oct 1999 10:51:32 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
To:        Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be>
Cc:        Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>, peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: make install trick
Message-ID:  <199910061451.KAA55673@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <v04205500b420d230e6ff@[195.238.21.204]>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9910051831180.6368-100000@fw.wintelcom.net> <v04205500b420d230e6ff@[195.238.21.204]>

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<<On Wed, 6 Oct 1999 12:22:47 +0200, Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be> said:

> 	Forgive me if I'm misunderstanding something here, but isn't 
> having /tmp on the root filesystem just inviting a denial-of-service 
> attack on yourself?

Only if you let random lusers log in to your machine.

-GAWollman

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