>>"Matt" == Matt Kraai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Matt> Howdy, Policy 3.2.1.0 states that MUAs should be setgid mail.
Matt> This is so that they can create lockfiles in /var/spool/mail.
Matt> This has the unfortunate consequence that MUA bugs can be
Matt> exploited to read the email of other users. A setgid mail
Matt> locking utility has been added to liblockfile so that MUAs that
Matt> use liblockfile do not need to be setgid mail. I have attached
Matt> a patch to policy.sgml to this effect. Assuming that this is a
Matt> reasonable request, would some developer please officially
Matt> propose it?
I suggest we have the code inplace, and have it tested, and
then get the MUA's to start using it _first_, and then we create
policy. Policy should follow tested practice, rather than lead by
vapourware.
manoj
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