Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 16:56:14 +0000 From: Niall Smart <rotel@indigo.ie> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, rotel@indigo.ie Cc: "Allen Smith" <easmith@beatrice.rutgers.edu>, dg@root.com, security@FreeBSD.ORG, njs3@doc.ic.ac.uk, dima@best.net, abc@ralph.ml.org, tqbf@secnet.com Subject: Re: bsd securelevel patch question Message-ID: <199807021556.QAA00294@indigo.ie> In-Reply-To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> "Re: bsd securelevel patch question" (Jul 2, 5:35pm)
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On Jul 2, 5:35pm, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: } Subject: Re: bsd securelevel patch question > > >I still agree with you for other reasons though, if an attacker > >creates a new service people might use it even though it isn't a > >legitimate service setup my the sysadmin. > > Right, but if the attacker has hacked your system enough to bind > to a socket < 1024, he >OWNS< it. Any further attempt at adding > security is bogus, and can at best OPEN the window more because > you will be adding more complexity, rather than subtract from it. Thats not true, if he hacks the user/group that the web server runs at then he only owns the web server, the only additional priviledge he gains is the ability to bind to port 80. Niall -- Niall Smart. PGP: finger njs3@motmot.doc.ic.ac.uk 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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