[18161] in bugtraq
Re: Is /tmp still appropriate? (was Re: [hacksware]Pine temporary
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (stanislav shalunov)
Tue Dec 19 00:20:41 2000
Message-Id: <87itohi4gm.fsf@cain.internet2.edu>
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 20:29:13 -0500
Reply-To: shalunov@INTERNET2.EDU
From: stanislav shalunov <shalunov@INTERNET2.EDU>
X-To: Michael Damm <miked@ACCESSNW.NET>
To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.05.10012151231430.690-100000@mail.accessnw.net>
Michael Damm <miked@ACCESSNW.NET> writes:
> I alwas was a difficult child.
> TMPKEY="$RANDOM"
> echo "foo" >/tmp/blah.$TMPKEY
This is actually a single linear transform of PID+NOW into 16-bit
space (((pid+now)*1103515245 + 12345) & 32767). Trivial guess.
--
Stanislav Shalunov <shalunov@internet2.edu> Internet Engineer, Internet2
A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition,
and art into pedantry. Hence University education. -- G. B. Shaw
