Re: [patch] fix statd -n

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On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 1:02 PM, J. Bruce Fields <bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  > So the only thing missing would be to limit the port visibility
>  > of long-standing sockets; but this should probably be
>  > discussed in another thread if you think it's worth it?
>
>  Is the only justification just to limit the consequences if a remote
>  exploit is found in statd?

It will also make it a LOT easier to debug and understand.
Discussions like this would have never existed given that
binds would have been specific.


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// Janne
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