From owner-freebsd-security Thu Apr 16 09:42:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA12962 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Thu, 16 Apr 1998 09:42:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from indigo.ie (root@ts01-13.waterford.indigo.ie [194.125.139.76]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA12937 for ; Thu, 16 Apr 1998 16:42:42 GMT (envelope-from rotel@indigo.ie) Received: (from nsmart@localhost) by indigo.ie (8.8.8/8.8.7) id OAA02264; Thu, 16 Apr 1998 14:28:09 +0100 (IST) (envelope-from rotel@ginseng.indigo.ie) From: Niall Smart Message-Id: <199804161328.OAA02264@indigo.ie> Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 14:28:09 +0000 In-Reply-To: Philippe Regnauld "Re: kernel permissions" (Apr 16, 10:13am) Reply-To: rotel@indigo.ie X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.2.6 beta(3) 11/17/96) To: Philippe Regnauld , dima@best.net Subject: Re: kernel permissions Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk 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