Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 12:52:05 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Dave Andersen <angio@aros.net> Cc: Alex Belits <abelits@phobos.illtel.denver.co.us>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: disallow setuid root shells? Message-ID: <1489.856817525@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 24 Feb 1997 11:23:51 MST." <199702241823.LAA27302@fluffy.aros.net>
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> I freely admit that most of these people will be using widely > published exploit code, and that almost any vigilant sysadmin won't > be vulnerable to them -- but not everybody is anal about keeping their > computer up to date and secure. Forgive me for sounding political, > but if even one or two computers are prevented from having a root > compromise by this, it seems worthwhile - especially since nobody > can think of anything it would actually hurt. I sort of agree, if there's nothing it would break. Most crackers are stupid idiots who go from "cookbook" data which someone more clued-in provided them with. If it fails, they're hosed. Jordan
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