On 22 April 2010 14:56, Rick Fochtman <rfocht...@ync.net> wrote: > --------------------------------------<snip>------------------------------------ > >>> TOCTTOU! >> >> YLSED. > --------------------------<unsnip>------------------------------------ > Would someone explain this to me? Offlist is OK.
I first saw the acronym in IBM's original MVS description of System Integrity. It's the "Time Of Check To Time Of Use" problem, that I'm sure you're well aware of. The main reason why things like VSMLOC are not a good approach to checking storage addresses. You Learn Something Every Day. Tony H. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
