From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 17 18:47: 6 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mailhop1.nyroc.rr.com (mailhop1-1.nyroc.rr.com [24.92.226.166]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31ACC37B5FA for ; Mon, 17 Apr 2000 18:46:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dheller1@rochester.rr.com) Received: from mailout1.nyroc.rr.com ([24.92.226.81]) by mailhop1.nyroc.rr.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-59787U250000L250000S0V35) with ESMTP id com; Mon, 17 Apr 2000 21:43:05 -0400 Received: from rochester.rr.com ([24.24.34.106]) by mailout1.nyroc.rr.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-59787U250000L250000S0V35) with ESMTP id com; Mon, 17 Apr 2000 21:46:11 -0400 Message-ID: <38FBBE57.BEB4E948@rochester.rr.com> Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 21:45:59 -0400 From: David Heller X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Richard Grace Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports error - won't load - setuid uucp - hylafax References: <004501bfa81f$627599b0$d9d124cb@itworks.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Richard Grace wrote: > > > Remove the line FORBIDDEN from the makefile but be aware that > > installing > > hylafax will make your machine insecure, meaning it can be hacked. > > > > -- > > -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] > > I've done this myself on a recent installation... > > Does anyone know if this insecurity is being looked into, or if there is > already a patch? There is no mention of any security issue/patch on the > HylaFAX site (as far as I cna tell). > > Richard Grace > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message I was wondering how would hylafax make your machine be vulnerable. Would one attack by way of the modem or by way of an ethernet connection ?? Not that I have any evil thoughts in mind, but I did remove the FORBIDDEN line and installed this port and would like to minimize the potential for attacks. Regards, Dave To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message