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Message-ID: <41A42143.7070908@fmi.uni-sofia.bg> Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 07:50:59 +0200 From: Ognyan Kulev <ogi@....uni-sofia.bg> To: James Youngman <bugtraq@...ession.spiral-arm.org> Cc: srevilak@...akeasy.net, parimiv@...haw.com, Martin Buchholz <Martin.Buchholz@....COM>, levon@...ementarian.org, bugtraq@...urityfocus.com, bug-findutils@....org Subject: Re: Changes to the filesystem while find is running - comments? James Youngman wrote: > On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 06:05:43PM -0800, Martin Buchholz wrote: >>Unlike replacing directories with symlinks, where the malicious >>possibilities are evident, I don't see any malicious possibilities >>arising out of mounted filesystems replaced by other filesystems. > > Is there a consensus agreeing with this point of view? If so, that > would make the implementsation much simpler... This is not valid in GNU Hurd where it's natural translators to be set up on file/directory by ordinary user. (Translators are user-space programs that handle filesystem requests. st_dev/st_fsid is translator's PID and "automounted" filesystems are called passive translators.) Regards, ogi
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