From owner-freebsd-security Sat Aug 15 04:19:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA18279 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Sat, 15 Aug 1998 04:19:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.ftf.dk (mail.ftf.dk [129.142.64.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA18274 for ; Sat, 15 Aug 1998 04:19:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk) Received: from mail.prosa.dk ([192.168.100.254]) by mail.ftf.dk (8.8.8/8.8.8/gw-ftf-1.0) with ESMTP id NAA12434; Sat, 15 Aug 1998 13:24:20 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk) Received: from deepo.prosa.dk (deepo.prosa.dk [192.168.100.10]) by mail.prosa.dk (8.8.8/8.8.5/prosa-1.1) with ESMTP id NAA23476; Sat, 15 Aug 1998 13:26:53 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from regnauld@localhost) by deepo.prosa.dk (8.8.8/8.8.5/prosa-1.1) id NAA16251; Sat, 15 Aug 1998 13:18:11 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <19980815131811.26237@deepo.prosa.dk> Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 13:18:11 +0200 From: Philippe Regnauld To: Nicholas Charles Brawn Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /proc query References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: ; from Nicholas Charles Brawn on Sat, Aug 15, 1998 at 03:15:45PM +1000 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE i386 Phone: +45 3336 4148 Address: Ahlefeldtsgade 16, 1359 Copenhagen K, Denmark Organization: PROSA Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Nicholas Charles Brawn writes: > What are the pros and cons of unmounting /proc? By itself it would > appear to enhance security, in that it reduces the amount of information > given out, but are there any functionality problems I should be aware > of? ps's output will only give the process name, and "killall" won't work (off the top of my head -- there's more). -- -[ Philippe Regnauld / sysadmin / regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk / +55.4N +11.3E ]- The Internet is busy. Please try again later. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message