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From: jessea@dynasys.UUCP (Jesse W. Asher)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: shars and security concerns.
Message-ID: <138@dynasys.UUCP>
Date: 11 Apr 90 01:41:47 GMT
Reply-To: jessea@dynasys.UUCP (Jesse W. Asher)
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Organization: Dynasys:  Consulting for the Future.
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I recently got shar 3.11 off the net and compiled it.  I was suprised to find
that it allows the same security holes as that of running the shar through
the shell.  I know that a security conscious unsharing tool comes with
netnews to unshar the maps, but I would rather use something like shar 3.11.
Can someone point me toward such an animal - an unsharing tool that does
the nice things shar 3.11 does, but doesn't allow the security holes?  Any help
in this matter would be appreciated.  Email is preferred for various reasons.


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