Larry Jones wrote: > Derek R. Price writes: > > > > Okay, that makes sense, but couldn't you achieve the same effect with a library? > > Where the exec would have been, the server's main function gets called and the > > whole process exits immediately upon return from that function? > > I don't think so. I'm not a security expert, but my understanding is > that any code physically linked into the executable is suspect. If you > want a more extensive discussion, move this to info-cvs where I'm sure > Greg Woods will be happy to rehash his usual diatribes on the subject. > (Or search the archives at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/info-cvs/.) Of course, this sort of design does move away from the aim of a reentrant server the source and the HACKING file contains reference to. Derek -- Derek Price CVS Solutions Architect ( http://CVSHome.org ) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] CollabNet ( http://collab.net ) -- This score just in: OS/2, Windows 95, LinuxPPC 2000. _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
