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Re: access(2)--a security hole?
From: howie () watsun cc columbia edu (Howie Kaye)
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 1994 21:01:56 -0400
You still have no guarantee that the version you opened is the same as the file you are checking the access() on. The same race condition exists, just in reverse. ------------------------------------------------------------ Howie Kaye howie () columbia edu Columbia University hlkcu@cuvma.bitnet UNIX Systems Group ...!rutgers!columbia!howie
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- Re: access(2)--a security hole? Jeremy Epstein -C2 PROJECT (Oct 21)
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- Re: access(2)--a security hole? Jeremy Epstein -C2 PROJECT (Oct 21)
- Re: access(2)--a security hole? der Mouse (Oct 21)
- Re: access(2)--a security hole? Steve Simmons (Oct 22)
- Re: access(2)--a security hole? Kayvan Sylvan (Oct 22)
- Re: access(2)--a security hole? Howie Kaye (Oct 22)
- Re: access(2)--a security hole? der Mouse (Oct 22)