Re: [PATCH] caching daemon release and nsswitch patches

From: Michael Bushkov (bushman_at_rsu.ru)
Date: 08/30/05

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To: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>

    On Mon, 29 Aug 2005, Dan Nelson wrote:

    We can't ensure that, I guess. In the upcoming version (before the 1st of
    September), the cache would be per-user. This would solve all the security
    problems. In a little while, I'll implement the ability for cached to act
    as nscd. So you'll be able to choose the behaviour.

    > In the last episode (Aug 29), Michael Bushkov said:
    >> There is some information in my project's description here:
    >> http://wikitest.freebsd.org/moin.cgi/NsswitchAndCachingTechnicalDetails
    >
    > One question that comes to mind:
    >
    > It looks like the end-user application is still responsible for
    > performing nss lookups. How do you ensure that one user can't poison
    > the cache and cause problems for other users? Could cached do all nss
    > operations itself (making it more like nscd in other OSes)?
    >
    > --
    > Dan Nelson
    > dnelson@allantgroup.com
    >

    With best regards,
    Michael Bushkov
    Rostov State University
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