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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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