Re: Linux, too, sot of (Windows MS-DOS Device Name DoS vulnerabilities)

From: David F. Skoll (dfsat_private)
Date: Wed Jul 18 2001 - 08:34:09 PDT

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On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, Ishikawa wrote:

> The next is a showstopper.
> The problem URL that caused the hung of browser,
> at least, on my PC is the following.

>     file:///dev/pty0

However, the UNIX API has a very simple and *reliable* way around this:

	stat(2)

I hope Mozilla authors are listening and start stat'in file:/// urls.

There is no simple and reliable equivalent under 'doze.

--
David.

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