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Newer page: version 8 Last edited on Friday, May 5, 2006 5:28:57 pm by LawrenceDoliveiro
Older page: version 7 Last edited on Thursday, May 4, 2006 9:28:25 am by IanMcDonald Revert
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 Many security-related RaceCondition~s have been found where programs would check file properties (such as existence, permissions, and/or ownership) before operating on a file. The obvious implementation of this is a RaceCondition, because these file properties can be changed between the check and operation. File operations should if at all possible be [Atomic]. 
  
 A DeadLock is perfered to a RaceCondition, because with a DeadLock, something is obviously wrong, whereas a RaceCondition can give no indication of a problem until someone notices corrupt data or a security breach. 
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