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Date:      07 Jan 2003 13:30:20 -0600
From:      Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: security vulnerability in dump
Message-ID:  <877kdgvjub.fsf@pooh.honeypot.net>
In-Reply-To: <20030107183359.A51290@slave.east.ath.cx>
References:  <200301071548.H07FM0J93369@asarian-host.net> <20030107183359.A51290@slave.east.ath.cx>

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At 2003-01-07T17:35:49Z, Andrew Prewett <andrew@kronos.HomeUnix.com> writes:

>  Normally the master.passwd is backed up regularly by cron (/var/backups),
> so maybe no need to backup it again.

Were you joking?  Surely you're not implying that there's no need to copy
the data to tape (which is the most common use for dump) since it now exists
in two places on the same hard drive - are you?
-- 
Kirk Strauser
In Googlis non est, ergo non est.

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