Re: [MobProg] Major Security Hole!!!

From: George (greerga@DRAGON.HAM.MUOHIO.EDU)
Date: 10/08/97


On Wed, 8 Oct 1997, Andrew Helm wrote:

><TONGUE IN CHEEK>
>This is not a security hole. It's a feature. When you say it's a security
>hole you're suggesting it should be fixed. However, some people may
>want this behavior of MobProgs. Anyhow, we all know it's proper to
>change the policy not recode MobProgs. Policy not code... you can't
>code ethics.
></TONGUE IN CHEEK>

Actually, this does need to be fixed because it _does not do a required
level check_.

(For reference, switch does do a level check.)

Anyway...the MobProgs do need to be fixed, someone make a patch. :)

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George Greer  -  Me@Null.net   | Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity
http://www.van.ml.org/~greerga | is not thus handicapped. -- Elbert Hubbard


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