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Re: [Libtirpc-devel] Fwd: Re: proposed patch to rpcbind to providefiner-grained security controls than offered by the -i option
- From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at gmail dot com>
- To: Roland McGrath <roland at redhat dot com>
- Cc: Steve Dickson <SteveD at redhat dot com>, Chuck Lever <chucklever at gmail dot com>, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org, libtirpc <libtirpc-devel at lists dot sourceforge dot net>
- Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 23:30:43 -0400
- Subject: Re: [Libtirpc-devel] Fwd: Re: proposed patch to rpcbind to providefiner-grained security controls than offered by the -i option
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I checked in a patch to glibc which makes the RPC code unusable for
new programs.
What remains is the problem of the included NIS and NIS+ code. It
still uses the old code. Someone with interest will have to work on
this. We also might have to fix a few things when it comes to the
installed files.