I made symbolic links “ln -s /etc/ssl/cert.pem <some file>”. I used the
realpath command and it worked in the software I submitted.

On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 11:06 AM Theo de Raadt <[email protected]> wrote:

> No.
>
> I'm guessing you don't understand symbolic links.
>
> Look, this is a waste of time.
>
>
> Luke Small <[email protected]> wrote:
>
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> >
> > In the case of 10000 URLs couldn’t you at least merely unveil “./“ as
> “cw”;
> > make any specified cafile/capath including shortcut resolution as “r”
> > (perhaps with the shell “x”) so that at worst, current directory files
> > could be overwritten, but not read?
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 10:39 AM Theo de Raadt <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >
> > > You really don't get it.
> > >
> > > +                       unveil_list = calloc(2 * argc, sizeof(char*));
> > >
> > > Imagine argc is 10000.
> > >
> > > +                       for (i = 2 * argc - 2; i >= 0; i -= 2) {
> > > +                               if (unveil_list[i]) {
> > > +                                       if (unveil(unveil_list[i],
> "r") ==
> > > -1)
> > > ...
> > > +                               if (unveil_list[i | 1]) {
> > > +                                       if (unveil(unveil_list[i | 1],
> > > "cw") == -1)
> > > +                                               err(1, "unveil");
> > > ...
> > >
> > >
> > >      E2BIG              The addition of path would exceed the
> per-process
> > >                         limit for unveiled paths.
> > >
> > >
> > > Great, under fairly normal usage ftp aborts with an error.
> > >
> > > Since you start with up to 8 others, it looks like this limit is easily
> > > hit at around 120 filenames.
> > >
> > > So ftp simply fails to perform the task it is designed for.
> > >
> > > Your proposal is to break the command.
> > >
> > > --
> > -Luke
> >
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> >
> > <div><div dir="auto">In the case of 10000 URLs couldn’t you at least
> merely unveil “./“ as “cw”; make any specified cafile/capath including
> shortcut resolution as “r” (perhaps with the shell “x”) so that at worst,
> current directory files could be overwritten, but not
> read?</div></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"
> class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 10:39 AM Theo de Raadt &lt;<a
> href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a>&gt;
> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px
> 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)">You
> really don&#39;t get it.<br>
> > <br>
> > +                       unveil_list = calloc(2 * argc,
> sizeof(char*));<br>
> > <br>
> > Imagine argc is 10000.<br>
> > <br>
> > +                       for (i = 2 * argc - 2; i &gt;= 0; i -= 2) {<br>
> > +                               if (unveil_list[i]) {<br>
> > +                                       if (unveil(unveil_list[i],
> &quot;r&quot;) == -1)<br>
> > ...<br>
> > +                               if (unveil_list[i | 1]) {<br>
> > +                                       if (unveil(unveil_list[i | 1],
> &quot;cw&quot;) == -1)<br>
> > +                                               err(1,
> &quot;unveil&quot;);<br>
> > ...<br>
> > <br>
> > <br>
> >      E2BIG              The addition of path would exceed the
> per-process<br>
> >                         limit for unveiled paths.<br>
> > <br>
> > <br>
> > Great, under fairly normal usage ftp aborts with an error.  <br>
> > <br>
> > Since you start with up to 8 others, it looks like this limit is
> easily<br>
> > hit at around 120 filenames.<br>
> > <br>
> > So ftp simply fails to perform the task it is designed for.<br>
> > <br>
> > Your proposal is to break the command.<br>
> > <br>
> > </blockquote></div></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"
> data-smartmail="gmail_signature">-Luke</div>
> >
> > --00000000000080daf105a7444c30--
>
-- 
-Luke

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