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From: shawn%mit-dspg@BRL.ARPA
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Subject: file access
Message-ID: <15625@sri-arpa.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 17-Jan-84 03:34:04 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 17 03:34:04 1984
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It seems to me that there should be some way to make it such that
a user program could not read a 'directory file', that his program
would use a 'system call' to read the 'next' entry in this directory
file if the protection permitted, it seems this would make the file
system in general more secure, or did I miss something? Oh, yes,
I am aware, that if this was ever done, the 'world' would break, but
that's a small price to pay for security, or is it?

			Yours In Hacking,
			  -- Shawn

p.s.
Ideas stolen from TOPS-20.