----Original Message---- >From: J. David Boyd >Sent: 15 September 2005 19:59
> "Dave Korn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Dave.... gentle reminder: http://cygwin.com/acronyms#PCYMTNQREAIYR > Sure, a totally valid point on Unix or Linux. But on most cygwin installs > that I know of, there is only one user, and if that user (me, for > instance), did something that stupid, oh well... Well. It's not just directly multi-user systems that are vulnerable; for example, there must be plenty of cgi scripts on webservers out there that create files in /tmp with content from a user's request, and if the name can be manipulated as well.... boom! But this is all OT now. If you want to carry on discussing generalised security stuff, let's http://cygwin.com/acronyms#TITTTL. Bock-bock-b'gaaaaawk! cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
