Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 01:42:12 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How useful is this patch? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.971110014016.6078C-100000@current1.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <19971110081446.UX03181@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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On Mon, 10 Nov 1997, J Wunsch wrote: > As Archie Cobbs wrote: > > > > Problem: you can cause someone else a DoS attack by maliciously > > > filling his home directory. > > > > This attack would require that you have given the other user write > > permission to your home directory, at least. > > ...or somewhere below your home directory. But well, if you don't > want this, what's the sense behind it at all? :-) > We set up our servers with the home directory elsewhere.. the users can't get to it :) and user never get to execute ANYTHONG (including a shell) in fact I hope to mount that drive -noexec soon.
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