- Ok, I've switched - comments & questions after 3 days
- Posted by Patrick Mills on July 29th, 2003
On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 18:19:53 +0000, Peter Hayes wrote:
I should have put a :-) after the "sheesh", I guess. I wasn't trying to
imply that it wasn't important or that there was no reason for it - I was
merely trying to express how frustrated I felt at taking so long to figure
out something so simple and obvious.
PLM
- Posted by Peter Hayes on July 29th, 2003
Patrick Mills wrote:
<...>
It's not "sheesh", it's a very important security feature.
Suppose someone got into your machine, perhaps through the screensaver
vulnerability, and deposited their version of a system file in your home
directory. Without the "slashdot" feature, when you came to run the system
file you'd inadvertantly run their version instead of Apple's version. Then
it's open season...
--
Peter
Remove NOSPAM. to e-mail
- Posted by Peter Hayes on July 29th, 2003
Patrick Mills wrote:
Sorry, been reading too many Wintrolls...
--
Peter
Remove NOSPAM. to e-mail
- Posted by Tim Smith on July 29th, 2003
In article <9sd6gb.ls3.ln@vlad.seahaze>, Peter Hayes wrote:
Actually, for regular users, I think it is more a "protection against
accidents" feature than a "security" feature. If someone got into your
machine, it would be trivial for them to add "." to your path, or make a
shell alias for you that invokes their version of the command.
--
Evidence Eliminator is worthless: www.evidence-eliminator-sucks.com
--Tim Smith
