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Date:      Thu, 11 May 2000 18:20:13 +0200
From:      Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To:        Paul Hart <hart@iserver.com>
Cc:        Adam Laurie <adam@algroup.co.uk>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: envy.vuurwerk.nl daily run output 
Message-ID:  <51416.958062013@axl.ops.uunet.co.za>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 11 May 2000 10:03:38 CST." <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005110953510.8386-100000@anchovy.orem.iserver.com> 

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On Thu, 11 May 2000 10:03:38 CST, Paul Hart wrote:

> But if you have hostile local users with root access, can you even trust
> the output from /etc/security?

The nightly security run is there to assist the benevolant administrator
by highlighting things that the administrator himself (usually) has
changed that may influence the security of the system.

It is in no way suited to assisting in the tracking down of rooted
machines.

So can we let this die already?

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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