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Re: Turning pinfo security on
On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 10:36:05PM -0400, Pierre A. Humblet wrote:
>BTW, now that your sigpacket includes the sending pid, the commune stuff
>could be simplified and avoid calling winpids. It knows whom to talk
>to (but it must still double check for security).
Yeah. That's one of the reasons I added it.
>Another benefit of your method!
It makes me wonder why I waited three or four years to do it this way.
I guess, with my infallible intuition, I always thought it would slow
things down.
cgf