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Secure temporary files in Linux (ZDNet India)

Secure temporary files in Linux (ZDNet India)

Posted Mar 10, 2008 23:49 UTC (Mon) by jreiser (subscriber, #11027)
In reply to: Secure temporary files in Linux (ZDNet India) by ballombe
Parent article: Secure temporary files in Linux (ZDNet India)

A particular bot might be able to function without creating an executable in /tmp, but doing so may be convenient for the bot writer. For instance, such code is readily available, small, etc. Some systems/environments/users do not have sh or perl visible in $PATH.


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