Re: link() security

H. Peter Anvin
2002-04-15T23:05:26Z

Alan Cox wrote:
>>Not to mention the fact that the single file mailbox design is itself
>>flawed. Mailboxes are fundamentally directories, which news server
>>authors quickly realized.
>
> And then unrealized when they hit performance limitations. Its a trade off
> and one that most news systems seem to prefer to use a custom database
> for

Well, a database is basically a custom filesystem.

-hpa