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Message-ID: <20030330095708.GA11743@openwall.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 13:57:08 +0400
From: Solar Designer <solar@...nwall.com>
To: popa3d-users@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: virtual.c another question
On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 01:29:38PM +0600, Boris Kovalenko wrote:
Hi,
> virtual.c/virtual_userpass
> fail = 0;
> if (!is_valid_user(user)) {
> user = "INVALID";
> fail = 1;
> }
> .... many other code
>
> Why to run other code if we already know that user is invalid? Why lstat
> directory and try to open file for this "INVALID" user?
This is to reduce information leaks via timing.
--
/sd
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