From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,6482d0ae6dcb1b4c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-09-28 21:50:04 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!news-hog.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!newshub.sdsu.edu!newspeer.cts.com!galanthis.cts.com!127.0.0.1.MISMATCH!not-for-mail Sender: kst@king.cts.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: if file exist References: <3d9245da.259420486@news.cis.dfn.de> <3D933A6B.5000105@cogeco.ca> <8db3d6c8.0209270247.5bf07ae5@posting.google.com> From: Keith Thompson Date: 28 Sep 2002 21:50:04 -0700 Message-ID: X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.7 NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.68.192.180 X-Trace: 1033275004 nntp.cts.com 321 209.68.192.180 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:29409 Date: 2002-09-28T21:50:04-07:00 List-Id: "Marin David Condic" writes: > Q: Are you a spy? > > A: I'm not allowed to say... > > Maybe its better to think about it from the OS level - provide something in > an OS interface package that says "We'll return whatever information the OS > will give us about the file and it is OS dependent as to what the result > is..." That way whatever security the OS wants to provide is respected. I don't think we are (or should be) debating whether to respect the security provided by the OS. Violating OS security isn't just a bad idea, it's just plain impossible (barring OS bugs, of course). -- Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst@cts.com San Diego Supercomputer Center <*> Schroedinger does Shakespeare: "To be *and* not to be"