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Re: Updates on SRS crypto

2004-02-21 07:45:19
Brian Candler (B(_dot_)Candler(_at_)pobox(_dot_)com) wrote:

On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 11:12:31PM -0600, 
mw-list-spf-discuss(_at_)csi(_dot_)hu wrote:
To read  the secrets file, a program requires special privilages.

No it does not. You are assuming that the MTA has switch its running uid to
the recipient's UID at that stage. I would not implement it there.

If I recall correctly, the context for the "special privileges" part
was when a user wanted to forward mail through a ~/.forward or ~/.qmail
file using something like "|/usr/bin/srs --forward me(_at_)other(_dot_)domain".

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