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Fun with NULL pointers, part 1

Fun with NULL pointers, part 1

Posted Jul 25, 2009 2:13 UTC (Sat) by mikov (subscriber, #33179)
In reply to: Fun with NULL pointers, part 1 by nix
Parent article: Fun with NULL pointers, part 1

I am with you.
In my mind the key to reasonable security is simplicity. SUID is extremely simple. Compare changing a user's password using passwd to what has to happen in Windows.


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