Brock Pytlik wrote:
> So, I don't really know much about security or SSL, but here goes:
> 
> Depot.py: Is there a reason to make paths to key and certs be absolute 
> from the command line?

Apache did, and I assume there is some security-related reason for doing so.

> Could a malicious user read from /dev/fd/* over and over and manage to 
> read the decrypted SSL key?

Since the file descriptor remains open by our process, it is my belief 
that our process is the only one that can access it.  I know that 
setuid/setgid scripts typically use this method of file access.

However, this is an area that I am not 100% certain of, so commentary is 
appreciated.

Cheers,
-- 
Shawn Walker
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