On Mon, 29 Aug 2005, Dan Nelson wrote: We can't ensure that, I guess. In the upcoming version (before the 1st of September), the cache would be per-user. This would solve all the security problems. In a little while, I'll implement the ability for cached to act as nscd. So you'll be able to choose the behaviour. > In the last episode (Aug 29), Michael Bushkov said: >> There is some information in my project's description here: >> http://wikitest.freebsd.org/moin.cgi/NsswitchAndCachingTechnicalDetails > > One question that comes to mind: > > It looks like the end-user application is still responsible for > performing nss lookups. How do you ensure that one user can't poison > the cache and cause problems for other users? Could cached do all nss > operations itself (making it more like nscd in other OSes)? > > -- > Dan Nelson > dnelson_at_allantgroup.com > With best regards, Michael Bushkov Rostov State UniversityReceived on Tue Aug 30 2005 - 11:29:12 UTC
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