Re: libresolv+ bug

[jlewis () inorganic5 fdt net (Jon Lewis)]

On Wed, 21 Aug 1996, Andi Gutmans wrote:

> I temporarily fixed libc. I think the RESOLV_HOST_CONF thingy isn't
> insecure. I mean there's nothing really wrong with a user doing this. I just
> stopped the printf from printing the offending line. Yeah it's kind of cheap
> but I don't see a reason to do something better.

Everyone talks about fixing this in libc.  I fixed it in ld.so.  Barring
any staticly linked suid networking programs (don't think I have any) is
this a valid solution?

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