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bug#865: 23.0.60; The directory is unsafe today
From: |
Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
bug#865: 23.0.60; The directory is unsafe today |
Date: |
Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:37:57 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) |
> Not exactly: most programs don't use these special flags, and some of
> them seem to require special privileges, although I'm not quite sure
> who can gain those privileges. (A small test program confirmed that I
> can gain them, even though I'm not in the Administrators group.)
> See:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa364399(VS.85).aspx
> for more details.
> But I don't think we should dismiss the privacy issue just because it
> can be bypassed by an ill meaning program: the same can happen on
> Unix, given a program that deliberately gains root access. "Normal"
> programs don't use those special access flags and privileges, and so
> cannot access files in a private directory.
Huh? Those programs that can deliberately gain root access are kept
under very tight control. For a normal user to be able to read
arbitrary files on the system is considered as a major security hole on
unixy systems (even if she has to go through contortions to do that).
Stefan
- bug#865: 23.0.60; The directory is unsafe today, (continued)
- bug#865: 23.0.60; The directory is unsafe today, Stefan Monnier, 2008/09/05
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- bug#865: 23.0.60; The directory is unsafe today, Stefan Monnier, 2008/09/06
- bug#865: 23.0.60; The directory is unsafe today, Eli Zaretskii, 2008/09/06
- bug#865: 23.0.60; The directory is unsafe today, Stefan Monnier, 2008/09/07
- bug#865: 23.0.60; The directory is unsafe today, Eli Zaretskii, 2008/09/07
- bug#865: 23.0.60; The directory is unsafe today, Stefan Monnier, 2008/09/07
- bug#865: 23.0.60; The directory is unsafe today, Jason Rumney, 2008/09/08
- bug#865: 23.0.60; The directory is unsafe today, Stefan Monnier, 2008/09/08
- bug#865: 23.0.60; The directory is unsafe today, Eli Zaretskii, 2008/09/08
- bug#865: 23.0.60; The directory is unsafe today,
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- bug#865: 23.0.60; The directory is unsafe today, Eli Zaretskii, 2008/09/09
- bug#865: 23.0.60; The directory is unsafe today, Stefan Monnier, 2008/09/10
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- bug#865: 23.0.60; The directory is unsafe today, Francis Litterio, 2008/09/07
- bug#865: 23.0.60; The directory is unsafe today, Lennart Borgman (gmail), 2008/09/07
- bug#865: 23.0.60; The directory is unsafe today, Eli Zaretskii, 2008/09/07
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- bug#865: 23.0.60; The directory is unsafe today, Francis Litterio, 2008/09/06
- bug#865: 23.0.60; The directory is unsafe today, Lennart Borgman (gmail), 2008/09/06
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- bug#865: 23.0.60; The directory is unsafe today, Eli Zaretskii, 2008/09/05
- bug#865: 23.0.60; The directory is unsafe today, Stefan Monnier, 2008/09/05