On Thu, 19 Apr 2007, Bernd Eckenfels wrote:

> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote:
> > Perhaps -- until your httpd is compromised via a buffer overflow or 
> > simply misbehaves due to a software or configuration flaw, then the 
> > assumptions being made about its use of pathnames and their security 
> > properties are out the window.
> 
> Hu? Even a compromised httpd (especially a compromised httpd) is bound to
> the app armor policies. This means it cannot (for example) write to
> /var/www/* - if it never needed to at normal/profiling time.

This has been addressed several times already, please read the full 
thread.



- James
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James Morris
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