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Date:      Tue, 1 Oct 2002 18:31:28 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Brian Behlendorf <brian@hyperreal.org>
To:        Klaus Steden <klaus@compt.com>
Cc:        security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: tar/security best practice (was Re: RE: Is FreeBSD's tar susceptible to this?)
Message-ID:  <20021001183010.E58068-100000@yez.hyperreal.org>
In-Reply-To: <20021001193024.A24818@cthulu.compt.com>

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On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Klaus Steden wrote:
> With all due respect, running 'tar tf' before extracting a tarball as root is
> a good idea, and a good habit to get into.

So, fix the ports system then to include a step whereby someone has to
pause the installation process to review the output of tar before allowing
it to proceed.

Oh, that would be a pain, wouldn't it?

Like someone said, POLA.

	Brian


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