Re: fetch extension - use local filename from content-disposition header

From: Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des_at_des.no>
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 10:11:19 +0100
Ádám Szilveszter <adamsz_at_mailpont.hu> writes:
> You know, there are much bigger problems than that. For example the fact,
> that any vulnerability in fetch(1) or libfetch(3) is a remote root
> compromise candidate on FreeBSD, because the Ports system still insists on
> running it as root by default downloading distfiles from unchecked amd
> potentially unsecure servers all over the Internet.

Wrong.  If you go into a ports directory and type 'make install clean'
as an unprivileged user, the only parts of the build that actually run
with root privileges are the final portions of the installation
sequence.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des_at_des.no
Received on Fri Dec 30 2005 - 08:11:25 UTC

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