sf...@users.sourceforge.net wrote: > Joe Krahn: >> I was just reading the aufs man-page section on security with an NFS >> directory with mode 711. One way to improve security would be to >> generate symlink filenames containing a lot of random characters. Then, >> write a bogus symlink where the symlink target is actually the >> random-character tag. It would only take one extra readlink() to get the >> tag value required to look up the actual link. > > Thank you for your idea or suggestion. > But I am afraid you are confusing the symlink and pseudo-link. > The pseudo-link is a hard-link. > > > J. R. Okajima
OK, I was thinking that pseudo-links are more like special symlinks. Isn't the problem that there some sort of "place holder" in the directory, the same as a symlink, whose filename is based on the inode? Joe Krahn ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with Adobe(R)AIR(TM) software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing skills and code to build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine the power of local resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the Adobe AIR SDK and Ajax docs to start building applications today-http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-com
