BSD tty security, part 3: How to Fix It

[Felix Lee]

> 3. Do people think it's a problem that ``write'' can flood a terminal
> with output before the recipient has a chance to react? My version
> limits output to 500 characters per line and one line a second.

It's a form of noise ordinance.  Perhaps there are better noise
ordinances, but that one seems reasonable to me.

Of course, write-like programs shouldn't use tty devices for
rendezvous.  They should rendezvous at a service or port advertised by
the user.  I believe Zephyr does something like this.
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Felix Lee	flee at cs.psu.edu