From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Mark Diekhans <markd@soe.ucsc.edu>
Cc: 6953@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#6953: 24.0.50; serious security bug in create backup files
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 10:25:17 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvbp3mxi0o.fsf-monnier+gnus-read-ephemeral-bug@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <yxraao3nwc6.fsf@hgwdev.cse.ucsc.edu> (Mark Diekhans's message of "Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:13:29 -0700")
> When Emacs is forced into writing "~/%backup%~", it may expose protected
> data to being read by others.
Regardless of what other problems there might be, such backups should
probably go somewhere under ~/.emacs.d.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-01-12 15:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-08-31 6:13 bug#6953: 24.0.50; serious security bug in create backup files Mark Diekhans
2010-09-02 5:38 ` Glenn Morris
2010-09-02 6:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-09-02 7:05 ` markd
2010-09-02 7:58 ` Glenn Morris
2010-09-02 16:33 ` Mark Diekhans
2010-09-08 0:03 ` Glenn Morris
2010-09-08 8:52 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-09-08 15:48 ` Glenn Morris
2010-09-08 22:48 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-09-09 5:28 ` Glenn Morris
2010-09-09 17:09 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-09-10 3:06 ` Glenn Morris
2010-09-13 11:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-09-13 15:32 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-09-22 1:34 ` Glenn Morris
2010-09-25 20:21 ` Chong Yidong
2010-09-26 10:37 ` Richard Stallman
2010-09-28 17:26 ` Chong Yidong
2010-09-29 13:36 ` Richard Stallman
2010-09-29 13:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-09-29 14:25 ` markd
2011-01-12 4:38 ` Glenn Morris
2011-01-12 15:25 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2011-01-12 17:56 ` Mark Diekhans
2011-01-12 19:29 ` Glenn Morris
2011-01-12 21:56 ` Mark Diekhans
2011-01-15 2:33 ` Chong Yidong
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