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Date:      Fri, 18 Jun 1999 03:02:45 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Frank Tobin <ftobin@bigfoot.com>
To:        Kirill Nosov <slash@leontief.net>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: securelevel descr
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906180300090.55794-100000@srh0710.urh.uiuc.edu>
In-Reply-To: <99061811465300.10975@MirStation.leontief.nw.ru>

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Kirill Nosov, at 11:40 on Fri, 18 Jun 1999, wrote:

> As far as i remeber there was a discussion about implementing the
> dependence between uid and port you are able to open - to eliminate
> the 'priveleged ports' concept. That was a great idea from my point of
> view.  If it will be iimplemented in future FreeBSD versions ? As far
> as i see it is possible to be done w/o any changes in '3rd party
> software' , just by means of FreeBSD core.

Well, the privileged ports concept is actually something that is a good
thing, if you can guarantee that only the trusted application X is bound
to that port, and not a trojaned version setup by an ordinary user.  This
can be achieved by means of simmutable flags all over the place, and a
securelevel that doesn't allow any service to open a secure port.

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