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Date:      Tue, 18 Jul 2000 05:00:10 +0900 (JST)
From:      Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume@mahoroba.org>
To:        imp@village.org
Cc:        ume@mahoroba.org
Subject:   Re: sysctl interface for apm? 
Message-ID:  <20000718.050010.104040362.ume@mahoroba.org>
In-Reply-To: <200007171945.NAA63703@harmony.village.org>
References:  <39734D36.5FC7DDA@sftw.com> <200007171914.NAA63275@harmony.village.org> <200007171945.NAA63703@harmony.village.org>

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>>>>> On Mon, 17 Jul 2000 13:45:29 -0600
>>>>> Warner Losh <imp@village.org> said:

imp> It is sufficient for APMIO_GETINFO, but it will introduce a security
imp> hole as the apm ioctls aren't careful enough about their sanity
imp> checking.  I've added such sanity checking in my local copy of apm and
imp> will test it tonight when I have access to my laptop.

imp> The holes are introduced by the chmod 664 /dev/apm, not by doing the
imp> open rdonly :-).

Oh, I see.  It's a security hole.

imp> If you'll send me a pointer to gkrellm, I'll see about putting it up
imp> on my laptop and making sure that my stuff works with it.

ports/sysutils/gkrellm/ :-)

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