Re: link() security

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@zytor.com)
Mon, 15 Apr 2002 16:05:03 -0700


Alan Cox wrote:
>>Not to mention the fact that the single file mailbox design is itself
>>flawed. Mailboxes are fundamentally directories, which news server
>>authors quickly realized.
>
> And then unrealized when they hit performance limitations. Its a trade off
> and one that most news systems seem to prefer to use a custom database
> for

Well, a database is basically a custom filesystem.

-hpa

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