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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: Er... how long
To: angio@aros.net (Dave Andersen)
Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 15:52:07 -0700 (MST)
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In-Reply-To: <199605292344.RAA12179@terra.aros.net> from "Dave Andersen" at May 29, 96 05:44:29 pm
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>     Incidentally, if anyone wants it, I rewrote filter to not pass 
> filenames around but instead to use it's brain and pass file descriptors 
> like a good little program should.  I did it primarily to fix the 
> security hole -- the linux version runs setgid -- but it also has the 
> advantage of not having the same race conditions, saves a couple file 
> opens and closes, etc.

Have you sent this to the elm maintainer for inclusionin the next
release?


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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