[Box Backup-dev] Reviewing code -- help!

Charles Lecklider boxbackup-dev@fluffy.co.uk
Sun, 11 Dec 2005 18:51:47 +0000


Chris Wilson wrote:
> The pipe is created using PIPE_TYPE_MESSAGE | PIPE_READMODE_MESSAGE |
> PIPE_WAIT, is that enough?

No :-)

> Do I need to do anything on the client side, that opens the pipe with
CreateFileW?

Yes - have a look at SetNamedPipeHandleState. A pipe client always
starts in byte mode.

Also, you need to think carefully about having a NULL SA on the pipe;
generally, this is a potential security problem.

-C