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Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 18:40:35 -0200 (BRST)
From: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
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To: Nick LeRoy <nleroy@cs.wisc.edu>
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Subject: Re: on exit xterm  totally wrecks linux 2.4.11 to 2.4.14-pre6
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On Thu, 1 Nov 2001, Nick LeRoy wrote:

> Yeah, I think that I know what I'm talking about.  The question
> was:  Should devfs be fixed, or should xterm be fixed.

If any random malicious user can crash the machine through
devfs, I think the answer to this question is quite obvious.

The security hole should be fixed.

Rik
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