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Date:      Mon, 24 Aug 1998 13:14:47 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Alex <garbanzo@hooked.net>
To:        Robert Watson <robert+freebsd@cyrus.watson.org>
Cc:        David Kirchner <dpk@notreal.com>, "B. Richardson" <rabtter@aye.net>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: I want to break binary compatibility.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808241314080.228-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980824114255.24127B-100000@fledge.watson.org>

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On Mon, 24 Aug 1998, Robert Watson wrote:

> 
> Or, alternatively, just a file system flag "approved" that indicates a
> binary has been approved for execution by the system operator.  This would
> be default set on installed binaries, but could only be added by uid 0 (or
> gid 0 or something).
> 
> However, this runs into the problem of shared libraries -- as long as
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH exists, the possibility of running user-specified code
> also exists.  This also doesn't help you if the bugs are in existing code
> (that is, in sperl :).

Yes, but one could easily hardcode LD_LIBRARY_PATH to search /usr/lib or
whatever first.

- alex


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