Failure of iswind()
Scott Ballantyne
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Mon May 27 01:36:43 AEST 1991
>>>>> On 25 May 91 04:01:52 GMT, dnichols at ceilidh.beartrack.com (DoN Nichols) said:
DoN> Yes, it happens when logged in to a tty port. I presume that
DoN> it could happen via the OBM as well. Iswind() must be quite
DoN> brain-damaged. I added code to my first copy of klondike to
DoN> check if /dev/tty = w? to avoid this, but that is a kluge.
>Isn't this some bizarre sort of security hole?!?
DoN> At least a denial-of-service one. Maybe we need to rewrite iswind().
I find the WIOCGETD ioctl works well for determining whether or not
you are actually on a bitmap. iswind () has never worked for me :-(
sdb
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