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[linux-security] Re: Re: Towards a solution of tmp-file problems (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mario D. Santana)
Sat Mar 14 10:01:51 1998
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 13:19:24 -0500 (EST)
From: "Mario D. Santana" <mario@sparc209.nin.net>
To: linux-security@redhat.com
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I'm usually a lurker, but this gave me an idea. A filesystem firewall?
fsfw(4) and fsfwadm(8)...?
It could be a whole new fs but after a very quick glance, it looks like
some rearranging of fs/file_table.c would allow for a clean fs-independant
hook.
$.02,
.mario
On Fri, 13 Mar 1998, Allen Bolderoff wrote:
> (...)
> would it be possible to tell the kernel not to follow symlinks out of the /tmp
> directory as a broad based rule?
> (...)
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