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Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 15:25:12 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Tao <taob@io.org>
To: invalid opcode <coredump@nervosa.com>
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On Mon, 26 Feb 1996, invalid opcode wrote:
>
> 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.

    We seem to be going around in circles here.  ;-)
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Brian Tao (BT300, taob@io.org)
Systems Administrator, Internex Online Inc.
"Though this be madness, yet there is method in't"