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Date:      Sat, 5 Jun 2004 08:48:58 +1000 (EST)
From:      Neo-Vortex <root@Neo-Vortex.Ath.Cx>
To:        "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: syslogd(8) Dropping Privs
Message-ID:  <20040605084811.O22285@Neo-Vortex.Ath.Cx>
In-Reply-To: <20040604195338.GA50275@blossom.cjclark.org>
References:  <20040604195338.GA50275@blossom.cjclark.org>

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On Fri, 4 Jun 2004, Crist J. Clark wrote:

> We haven't had many syslogd(8) vulnerabilities lately, but one
> less daemon running as root seems like a Good Thing. I do not
> see any drawbacks from a security point of view.
I agree there, the less, the better :)

~Neo-Vortex



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