12 Sep
2004
12 Sep
'04
2:35 a.m.
On Sat, 2004-09-11 at 12:09, Jack O'Quin wrote:
torbenh(a)gmx.de writes:
Isn't a DoS attack also the worst case scenario with allcaps? Or am I
missing something?
I do not see the objection; assuming there is a legitimate use for
allcaps, the DoS exposure would certainly be less bad than having that
process just run as root. A DoS can't blow away the password file...
Lee
i think they will object the allcaps option. but
that one could be
left out.
the other options only open doors for DoS attacks.
That's a good point.
What if we made allcaps conditional, based on another Kconfig option?