Re: RT linker, rpath and security

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Subject: Re: RT linker, rpath and security
From: Mouse <mouse%Rodents-Montreal.ORG@localhost>
Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 07:45:39 -0400 (EDT)

>>> Isn't it the way a run time linker uses rpath search path a
>>> security risk?

Welcome to one reason I don't install binaries someone else built.

Question, though: how is this different from trusting that the
program's own code itself does nothing malicious (whether accidentally
or deliberately)?

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