Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 19:59:13 +0100 (CET) From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> To: security@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: (Jordan K. Hubbard) <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, (Dima Ruban) <dima@best.net> Subject: Re: "Todd C. Miller": sendmail changes in OpenBSD 2.4 Message-ID: <XFMail.981116195913.asmodai@wxs.nl> In-Reply-To: <199811152309.PAA17526@burka.rdy.com>
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On 15-Nov-98 Dima Ruban wrote: > Jordan K. Hubbard writes: >> Hmmm. This sounds like a rather large user hit to take, but one less >> suid root executable (and an end to the other problems described >> below) also has strong appeal. Comments? > > We were using the same on FreeBSD here at BEST and didn't have any single > problem with it. Would we need to define OSTYPE as FreeBSD then, just like OpenBSD changes to OpenBSD instead of bsd4.4? As far as I am concerned, every exploit we can avoid if worthwhile in the long run IMHO. And Best already used it ;) --- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven/Asmodai asmodai(at)wxs.nl | Cum angelis et pueris, Junior Network/Security Specialist | fideles inveniamur *BSD & picoBSD: The Power to Serve... <http://www.freebsd.org>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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