Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 10:05:33 +0200 (IST) From: Roman Shterenzon <roman@xpert.com> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: <security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Proposed modification to ftpd Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.30.0101011001510.17001-100000@jamus.xpert.com> In-Reply-To: <200101010625.f016Pqs13614@billy-club.village.org>
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On Sun, 31 Dec 2000, Warner Losh wrote: > While the syntax is ugly, I agree that it would be useful to have in > our ftpd. > > In the little consulting I did, this was a huge, huge, huge requested > feature. > > While we could invent yet another syntax, it would likely be better to > use a slightly ugly, widely deployed syntax that people are familiar > with than a less ugly one they would be more inclined to make a > mistake with and have a false sense of security. Perhaps it's possible to leave the delimeter as an option, which defaults to "/./"? Or I'm missing the point? --Roman Shterenzon, UNIX System Administrator and Consultant [ Xpert UNIX Systems Ltd., Herzlia, Israel. Tel: +972-9-9522361 ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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