full-disclosure - Re: hard links on Linux create local DoS vulnerability and security problems

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Message-ID: <20031127005754.W71402@dekadens.coredump.cx>
From: lcamtuf at ghettot.org (Michal Zalewski)
Subject: Re: hard links on Linux create local DoS
 vulnerability and security problems

On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Jeremiah Cornelius wrote:

> And a mandatory system profile in /etc , which aliases ln as 'ln -s'
> might help.  One for each valid shell.

You must be kidding, surely?

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