On Sat, 2004-09-11 at 12:09, Jack O'Quin wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > i think they will object the allcaps option. but that one could be > > left out. > > > > the other options only open doors for DoS attacks. > > That's a good point. > > What if we made allcaps conditional, based on another Kconfig option?
Isn't a DoS attack also the worst case scenario with allcaps? Or am I missing something? I do not see the objection; assuming there is a legitimate use for allcaps, the DoS exposure would certainly be less bad than having that process just run as root. A DoS can't blow away the password file... Lee
