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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 ]



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