From owner-freebsd-security Fri Aug 28 23:23:56 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA19478 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Fri, 28 Aug 1998 23:23:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (shell.futuresouth.com [198.78.58.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA19468 for ; Fri, 28 Aug 1998 23:23:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fullermd@futuresouth.com) Received: (from fullermd@localhost) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA27585; Sat, 29 Aug 1998 01:22:45 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <19980829012245.54585@futuresouth.com> Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 01:22:45 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: "Jan B. Koum " Cc: scex , "Jeffrey J. Mountin" , security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Shell history References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88 In-Reply-To: ; from Jan B. Koum on Fri, Aug 28, 1998 at 10:42:52PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Aug 28, 1998 at 10:42:52PM -0700, Jan B. Koum woke me up to tell me: > Hmm.. you are right, but what will stop an attacker who has > freebsd box or has access to one to download the binary? mount -u -o noexec /home? (and /tmp, of course) *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message