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AW: Feature request: mktemp fifo


From: Stefan Behte
Subject: AW: Feature request: mktemp fifo
Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 14:15:22 +0200

Hi,

and thanks for he fast reply. Surely it's possible that way, but that's two 
commands instead of just one. ;) .Well, that's just an excuse, of course it's 
ok that way - it just didn't come to my mind at that moment. :/

Best regards,

Stefan Behte

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Von: Eric Blake [mailto:address@hidden 
Gesendet: Montag, 18. Mai 2009 14:02
An: Stefan Behte
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Betreff: Re: Feature request: mktemp fifo

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According to Stefan Behte on 5/18/2009 4:38 AM:
> Hi,
> 
> the url http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/ says that this is the 
> appropriate address for feature requests, so I hereby request secure fifo 
> creation in mktemp, as I've stumbled upon a bug in a software that uses 
> /tmp/fifo.$$
> I think it would be a very useful feature against symlink attacks on fifos.

Would it be sufficient to rewrite your script to create a secure directory
(mktemp -d), then create the fifo within that directory?  In which case,
you can have a secure fifo without any changes to coreutils?

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