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From: emv@ox.com (Ed Vielmetti)
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Subject: Re: should Unix refuse to execute writable binaries?
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Date: 3 Mar 91 04:37:06 GMT
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In-Reply-To: ernest@pegasus.dsg.tandem.com's message of 2 Mar 91 19:36:39 GMT

would this increase the risk of denial of service attacks, or 
accidental disaster?  consider if /etc/rc is world writable and
you couldn't boot...

--Ed