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Re: A security hole

#757
From: 00704a-Liber
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1988 00:19
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In article <544@fig.bbn.com> rsalz@bbn.com (Rich Salz) writes:
.Every single program that is subject to the "IFS" trick can be
.protected by written a wrapper that sets the environment properly,
.then calls the real program.

But what stops the user from bypassing the wrapper and calling the real
program directly?
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From: nevin1@ihlpf.ATT.COM (00704a-Liber)
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5
Subject: Re: A security hole
Message-ID: <4212@ihlpf.ATT.COM>
Date: 31 Mar 88 00:19:30 GMT
References: <181@wsccs.UUCP> <722@rivm05.UUCP> <478@minya.UUCP> <892@cosmo.UUCP> <175@pcsbst.UUCP> <544@fig.bbn.com>
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Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois
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