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  From: Jake Hawkes <jake@eclectic.com.au>
  To  : David Newall <davidn@rebel.net.au>
  Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:35:57 +1030

Re: pppd

david,

could the next lesson be titled:
"things to do to prevent people exploiting your SUID program"

?

re:
> For reasons that are way
> to time consuming to go into right now, use of the system() library
> routine would almost certainly be a security flaw.



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