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Re: Draft CERT bulletin (was Re: LYNX-DEV security.html)


From: Jonathan Sergent
Subject: Re: Draft CERT bulletin (was Re: LYNX-DEV security.html)
Date: Mon, 07 Jul 1997 19:52:08 -0500

 ] I agree there are other ways to deal with the problem, and we should try
 ] and make this as painless as possible for people trying to protect their
 ] computers ... (eg add sticky bit to /tmp is alot easier if available)

That's a good idea, but it won't fix this particular problem.

The fix we have won't help if /tmp is not sticky, but non-stickyness
is not Lynx's problem.

LYNX-DEV advising people to set the sticky bit on /tmp is akin
to LYNX-DEV advising people that they shouldn't make their home
directories mode 777...


--jss, going home now.
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