Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2017 13:11:37 +0200 From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> To: Jeremie Le Hen <jlh@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rtools were deemed almost unused 15 years ago... Message-ID: <20170620111136.fz5ovfa4imm3p4hj@ivaldir.net> In-Reply-To: <CAGSa5y3kVajpSSJUT9Vt0-dTwtaXMwNWvv_ELH14z68osM0UYA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAGSa5y3kVajpSSJUT9Vt0-dTwtaXMwNWvv_ELH14z68osM0UYA@mail.gmail.com>
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--43e26ouhtnyr6c2w Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 12:25:46PM +0200, Jeremie Le Hen wrote: > Hey folks, >=20 > I remember when I was still barely out of my teenagehood, people were > mostly using ssh/scp while rtools (rsh, rlogin, ... for the > youngsters) were left in place as a courtesy for legacy production > systems still relying it on them. >=20 > Fast forward to 2017 (so yes, 15 years later), stack-clash [1] sorely > reminds us that suid binaries are an attack surface. I don't even need > to mention that it's a healthy engineering practice to remove unused > code, both from a maintenance and security perspective. >=20 > Therefore, I hereby propose to remove rtools from the base system. I > acknowledge this will likely cause troubles for a handful of people > who are still relying on it for good or bad reasons. But the flipside > is that the attack surface of millions of FreeBSD installed out there > will be reduced. >=20 > The proposed roadmap is: > - disable from the build on head and let it soak for one month > - remove rtools from the base. >=20 > What do you guys think? Any preferred color for the bikeshed? :) >=20 >=20 >=20 > [1] https://www.qualys.com/2017/06/19/stack-clash/stack-clash.txt Yeah! Is telnetd part of your list? Best regards, Bapt --43e26ouhtnyr6c2w Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCAAdFiEEgOTj3suS2urGXVU3Y4mL3PG3PloFAllJAuYACgkQY4mL3PG3 PlpAmA/+Jt2Zznwug72P15ZJUjTEYh1CmYXrVrKlBuNH6Bv3quau5iaVUs8dqZca PRVu8FCXnFLlQ6/n3UzxZblxfwFVbFHoQMcLPdVTV/Jj+u2BfpctRNnyTsTrm7BZ 5+KI+vS/VxqxCCVz4zCKaESQGQwfToXCoJxWf2GPsTnVemjtjtw9aZAITvO3XdUV 46lKHB05BI65Cxqm6FGl9cQ5F4h8O3ettr5HHfnQqk2fWXb2jHiH4sm2uxvzS0t0 A56ng9HoO++YQpHqQWzdVbuQsfmDopZq9DbsIjEHR516XKBhteFO//70cc52gAoL rYW+A/57QVZlxh32+ajt02I7Jr1kAyAMj0HNRmTOHktPxYSo/6cQyLcOi4e9U+DC 4hzA6L+AS870AX3pauROgyvSxR1KPr/YszWAbOTg0gQXFTV11UvkCtwfk5nVTh9F zArkzf/mpu9u0Ix8KKVaL5GTJCClPPOSDzhj5mHn97tlglXbdDx8nDMrSYrXJLgi odK+y7l9GU7X8PwkCW5sdzU0wkoDRgulWSQhX8oMiP8xBRhHdu3IqaBeASa30NbP /CLznciytlDaPYOOYZhBxguPyBXp0Gvls9YpqKyIDs0IlhDjWT/cBUkaAgvqGu8R t9rRgr87wim22XeQ0bgfGhk5JCV20PWwsW+TOOmz3AIBxnd14uI= =G+yo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --43e26ouhtnyr6c2w--
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