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Re: [leafnode-list] Re: Permissions



krasel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Cornelius Krasel) writes:

> Andrea Furin <andrea_furin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote (not on leafnode-list):
> 
> > When an user posts an article all user can read it in
> > /var/spool/news/out.going/<message> ;-(
> 
> Why is that bad? They will be able to read it anyway as soon as it is on the
> server.
> 
> Cc-ed to the leafnode mailing list, because I am interested in feedback
> by others.

Protecting the spool from direct read access (thus, forcing the user to
go through nntpd) will have different advantages, however. 

#1 We can play whatever games we like on the data base format. We could,
   e. g., store the articles readily escaped (dots at line start) for
   NNTP, and send them out using sendfile on Linux and FreeBSD. We would
   save all the gory line-oriented reading and writing.

#2 When leafnode gets local groups that are restricted by user id (not
   currently implemented), protecting the spool from the public may
   become a necessity.

-- 
Matthias Andree

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