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Date:      Thu, 2 Dec 1999 16:44:02 +0100
From:      Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be>
To:        Gerald Abshez <gerald@manhattanprojects.com>, Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org>
Cc:        audit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Auditing ports
Message-ID:  <v04205506b46c438506dd@[195.238.21.204]>
In-Reply-To: <384691C6.347BE836@manhattanprojects.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.9912011631060.10470-100000@hub.freebsd.org> <384691C6.347BE836@manhattanprojects.com>

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At 10:35 AM -0500 1999/12/2, Gerald Abshez wrote:

> While I'm all in favour of making _everything_ secure, I feel we
> have to concentrate on the core functionality. Let's not put the
> cart before the horse - The base system should be fully eyeballed
> before we get all of the ports done.

	In so far as this goes, I agree -- we need to focus on /usr/src 
first (setXid stuff before non-setXid?), then we can worry about the 
ports.

	However, that said, if we've got automated tools that we can use 
to help us in this process, then there's no harm in firing them off 
at the ports in addition to the stuff under /usr/src.


	But first things first -- we need to define the procedures we're 
going to use, identify the tools that will help us implement these 
procedures, identify the most critical targets that should be audited 
before anything else, etc....

-- 
   These are my opinions -- not to be taken as official Skynet policy
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