From 7511586fd553898e8f6ffe1cb49a5b457f4289cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org>
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 01:47:42 +0000
Subject: Better explanation than the previous url (easier to just read it than
 having to 'click away'

git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@951 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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 chapter06/ed-exp.xml | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

(limited to 'chapter06/ed-exp.xml')

diff --git a/chapter06/ed-exp.xml b/chapter06/ed-exp.xml
index 0914671f5..41e4d35e4 100644
--- a/chapter06/ed-exp.xml
+++ b/chapter06/ed-exp.xml
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 <sect2>
 <title>Command explanations</title>
 
-<para>The sed commands fix a symlink vulnerability in ed. See
-<ulink url="http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/advisory.html?id=3308">
-http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/advisory.html?id=3308</ulink> for
-more information.</sect2>
+<para>The sed commands fix a symlink vulnerability in ed. The ed
+executable creates files in /tmp with predictable names. By using
+various symlink attacks, it is possible to have ed write to files 
+it should not, change the permissions of various files, etc.</para>
+
+</sect2>
 
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