Re: lynx-dev lynx 2.8.x - 'special URLs' anti-spoofing protection is weak

[Klaus Weide]

> > > he implies that all files in /tmp are automatically insecure.
> > 
> > If you mean "(this solution not for the first time brings several
> > security problems, but probably is quite convenient)", that looks just
> > like completely generic speculation & general theory.

On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, Natasha Live wrote:

> To combat the /tmp prob would there be any chance of a ~/.lynx directory
> instead? (by default that is. I know how to set everything manually to do
> this in the lynxrc)

What remaining /tmp problem *is* there to combat?

I mean in the case of lynx, not generic speculation & general theory, not
just an "automatic /tmp is bad" reflex that seems to make the rounds.

   Klaus