Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 10:52:50 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: Peter Wemm <peter@jhome.DIALix.COM> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /var/mail default permissions?? Message-ID: <199604100852.KAA28320@grumble.grondar.za>
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Peter Wemm wrote: > I thought /var/mail was supposed to be mode 1777 on BSD systems?? God forbid! Classic denial-of-service attack is to touch the mailboxes of all users who do not yet have one. > > mail.local was designed to work in that scenario and has specific > code to make sure it's secure.. (granted, the net-2 mail.local may > not have been solid, but the 4.4BSD mail.local has been secure > since the encumbered release and later in the Lite releases) Why do you want it that way? M -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200 Finger mark@grondar.za for PGP key
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