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On Mon, 26 Feb 1996, Mark Smith wrote:
> > A race condition attack will work under any OS when a race condition is 
> > possible.
> 
> Possibly, I didn't make my self clear.  Is this race condition possible
> under FreeBSD 2.1R ?
> Mark

If it is a race condition, it will work.

== Chris Layne ==============================================================
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