Re: RESTRICTED_STATD

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On Wed, August 27, 2008 6:41 am, Chuck Lever wrote:
> Hi guys-
>
> I was wondering if anyone ever builds nfs-utils with RESTRICTED_STATD
> undefined these days.  It seems totally insecure to do.  Is it still
> necessary to keep this?
>
> It would be easier to understand, update, and test the logic in utils/
> statd/monitor.c (IPv6-wise) if we could remove the unused parts of
> this code.
>
> I propose removing RESTRICTED_STATD, leaving in the secure version of
> the code permanently and removing the insecure parts that are left out
> when RESTRICTED_STATD is undefined.
>
> Thoughts?

I fully agree and support the idea!

NeilBrown

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