Hi Mark,
> When dumping to a file, dump writes this file chmod 644. When the
> root-partition is being backed-up, this leaves the dump-file vulnerable
> to scanning by unprivileged users for the duration of the dump.
This is an important issue you've found in dump. Please submit a PR
with the send-pr command so the security people will see it. They may
read this list, but they may not. They do read PR's flagged as
security issues.
<mike
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