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Date:      Wed, 15 Sep 1999 20:20:08 -0600
From:      Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
To:        GregoryC@stcinc.com
Cc:        FreeBSD-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD-SA-99:01 File Flags and Man-In-The-Middle Attack 
Message-ID:  <199909160220.UAA17712@harmony.village.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 15 Sep 1999 08:43:13 PDT." <37DFBE91.A07AAF8B@stcinc.com> 
References:  <37DFBE91.A07AAF8B@stcinc.com>  

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In message <37DFBE91.A07AAF8B@stcinc.com> Gregory Carvalho writes:
: It appears to me that this exploit can be avoided by logging in as root
: on all virtual terminals and immediately logging back out. Does my
: theory sound correct?

No.  It is not.

Warner


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