From owner-freebsd-security Sun Apr 19 06:09:11 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA17702 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Sun, 19 Apr 1998 06:09:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns2.sminter.com.ar (ns2.sminter.com.ar [200.10.100.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA17694 for ; Sun, 19 Apr 1998 13:09:02 GMT (envelope-from Recabarren!fpscha@ns2.sminter.com.ar) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by ns2.sminter.com.ar (8.8.5/8.8.4) id KAA17212 for FreeBSD.ORG!freebsd-security; Sun, 19 Apr 1998 10:07:51 -0300 (GMT) >Received: (from fpscha@localhost) by localhost.schapachnik.com.ar (8.8.5/8.8.5) id AAA00487; Sun, 19 Apr 1998 00:26:55 -0300 (ARST) From: "Fernando P. Schapachnik" Message-Id: <199804190326.AAA00487@localhost.schapachnik.com.ar> Subject: Re: suid/sgid programs To: robert+freebsd@cyrus.watson.org Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1998 00:26:54 -0300 (ARST) Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from Robert Watson at "Apr 18, 98 12:18:57 pm" Reply-To: fpscha@schapachnik.com.ar X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk En un mensaje anterior Robert Watson escribi˘: [...] > We note also that a fairly large chunk of suid/sgid programs are UUCP > programs -- something that a majority of FreeBSD users (I would guess?) do > not use. In terms of reducing risk, disabling suid/sgid on these programs Don't be so sure. FreeBSD boxes are an excellent choice for UUCP servers. Actually I have a few running (and planning to install more). > as part of a hardening process, if they are not needed, would be a great > boon. [...] Fernando P. Schapachnik fpscha@schapachnik.com.ar To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message