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| author | Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> | 2011-05-13 15:46:53 -0400 |
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| committer | Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> | 2011-05-15 20:20:29 -0400 |
| commit | 4b800408fa85ce0ac81a308c42d654b3357180d4 (patch) | |
| tree | 2d1d3c7153367636ba3c7c62082b2cf08589e689 /changes | |
| parent | 5d147d8527da3c8cff7f5ab5f0d0185d51fff79b (diff) | |
| download | tor-4b800408fa85ce0ac81a308c42d654b3357180d4.tar tor-4b800408fa85ce0ac81a308c42d654b3357180d4.tar.gz | |
Check permissions on the directory holding a control socket
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diff --git a/changes/bug2792_checkdir b/changes/bug2792_checkdir new file mode 100644 index 000000000..10de1deb2 --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/bug2792_checkdir @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ + o Minor features: + - Tor now refuses to create a ControlSocket in a directory that is + world-readable (or group-readable if ControlSocketsGroupWritable + is 0). This is necessary because some operating systems do not + check the permissions on an AF_UNIX socket when programs try to + connect to it. Checking permissions on the directory holding + the socket, however, seems to work everywhere. + |