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From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
To: Yuri Khan <yuri.v.khan@gmail.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
	Manuel Giraud <manuel@ledu-giraud.fr>
Subject: Re: Dired command on same host
Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2022 12:46:49 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87v8yy5rrq.fsf@gmx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAP_d_8VhS7a=6yThWB9Av-XwB_Qn00eReKWi9_h440M4MeM6dw@mail.gmail.com> (Yuri Khan's message of "Wed, 5 Jan 2022 18:08:44 +0700")

Yuri Khan <yuri.v.khan@gmail.com> writes:

Hi Yuri,

>> And even this isn't bullet-proof. Due to network configuration, hostB
>> could resolve to different addresses on my local machine and on hostA,
>> although it is still the same machine.
>
> Additionally, the reverse is also possible: 192.168.0.1 when accessed
> from local machine and 192.168.0.1 when accessed from hostA could be
> two completely different hostsB.
>
> A somewhat reliable way to detect if two jump paths resolve to the
> same host would be:
>
> 1. Through one path, perform some (small) file system modification.
> Like, create a uniquely named file at a known location, and write some
> unique content.
> 2. Through the other path, observe that modification. If successful,
> assume identity.
>
> (Various TLS certificate issuers do this to check that the user who
> requests a certificate for a domain name actually controls the host
> that the domain name resolves to.)

Might be feasible, thanks!

Best regards, Michael.



  reply	other threads:[~2022-01-05 11:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-01-04 10:24 Dired command on same host Manuel Giraud
2022-01-04 12:56 ` Michael Albinus
2022-01-04 16:25   ` Manuel Giraud
2022-01-04 18:33     ` Michael Albinus
2022-01-04 19:35       ` Tassilo Horn
2022-01-05  9:35         ` Manuel Giraud
2022-01-05 21:07           ` Tomas Hlavaty
2022-01-06 11:01             ` Michael Albinus
2022-01-07 15:50               ` Michael Albinus
2022-01-10  9:33                 ` Manuel Giraud
2022-01-10 12:56                   ` Michael Albinus
2022-01-10 14:07                     ` Manuel Giraud
2022-01-10 15:00                       ` Michael Albinus
2022-01-10 16:16                         ` Manuel Giraud
2022-01-11  8:25                           ` Michael Albinus
2022-01-11  8:59                             ` Manuel Giraud
2022-01-11  9:10                               ` Michael Albinus
2022-01-10 17:21                         ` Yuri Khan
2022-01-11  8:29                           ` Michael Albinus
2022-01-05 10:34         ` Michael Albinus
2022-01-05 13:02           ` Manuel Giraud
2022-01-05 14:37             ` Michael Albinus
2022-01-05 18:23               ` Manuel Giraud
2022-01-05  9:44       ` Manuel Giraud
2022-01-05 10:40         ` Michael Albinus
2022-01-05 11:08           ` Yuri Khan
2022-01-05 11:46             ` Michael Albinus [this message]
2022-01-05 19:55           ` Tassilo Horn

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