Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 14:28:09 +0000 From: Niall Smart <rotel@indigo.ie> To: Philippe Regnauld <regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk>, dima@best.net Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kernel permissions Message-ID: <199804161328.OAA02264@indigo.ie> In-Reply-To: Philippe Regnauld <regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk> "Re: kernel permissions" (Apr 16, 10:13am)
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On Apr 16, 10:13am, Philippe Regnauld wrote: } Subject: Re: kernel permissions > Preventing things in the eventual (unproven) fear that > they could be exploited in some way (not necessarily > security) is, IMHO, "change for the sake of change". I'd call this "prudence". I'd call chmod 440 /kernel "over-prudence" though. :) Niall -- Niall Smart. finger njs3@doc.ic.ac.uk for PGP key FreeBSD: Turning PC's into Workstations. www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message
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