Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 15:09:21 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@auss2.alcatel.com.au> To: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Implementing a DEVFS daemon Message-ID: <99Jan6.150846est.40340@border.alcanet.com.au>
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The moderator commented: [Security holes due to time between device arriving and devfsd fixing the permissions] >[This is not a problem if the devices arrive with 'suitable' >permissions; ie, totally restricted. -EE] Note that `totally restricted' is inappropriate for some devices: /dev/null is the most obvious one, but /dev/zero is another candidate. Admittedly, they shouldn't be magically appearing whilst the system is running. Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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