Subject: Re: Shared libraries and crypt
To: None <davidb@img.com.au>
From: Geoff Rehmet <csgr@alpha.ru.ac.za>
List: current-users
Date: 03/18/1994 07:54:10
David Burren writes :
>
> Danny Thomas <D.Thomas@vthrc.uq.edu.au> has reminded me about something:
>
> Has anyone else given any thought to the pros and cons of having crypt in
> a shared library? I'm starting to think the disadvantages outweigh the
> advantages.
I don't think that this is a problem.
As far as security goes, all programs that use encryption must make
sure that they stomp the LD_LIBRARY_PATH before they do anything.
What particular problems are you thinking of?
Geoff.
BTW - guys watch the CC's I don't read -current-users, many of you
don't read free-des!
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