Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 17:26:16 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Vivek Khera <khera@kcilink.com> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: adding "noschg" to ssh and friends Message-ID: <20010529172616.A2903@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <15124.7132.963202.560009@onceler.kciLink.com>; from khera@kcilink.com on Tue, May 29, 2001 at 05:59:56PM -0400 References: <15124.4635.887375.682204@onceler.kciLink.com> <20010529145609.A1209@xor.obsecurity.org> <15124.7132.963202.560009@onceler.kciLink.com>
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--T4sUOijqQbZv57TR Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 05:59:56PM -0400, Vivek Khera wrote: > >>>>> "KK" =3D=3D Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> writes: >=20 > >> marked, and it just seems to follow to me that ssh related binaries > >> should as well. >=20 > KK> No; schg isn't a security feature, at best it's an anti-foot-shooting > KK> feature to prevent accidental trashing of the file. >=20 > I disagree. If my machine is at securelevel > 0, schg is a damned > fine security mesasure to protect sensitive programs from being > trojaned. There's just no way around it short of having access to the > console. Yes, there are lots of ways of removing schg flags (all involving a reboot) unless you basically chflags -R schg / Please consult the -security archives for a number of discussions of this issue; it's come up several times. It's not a totally useless security measure because I'm sure there are some people who would be fooled by it, but it doesn't take that much thought to get around unless you lock down your machine so tight as to basically be un-maintainable. Kris --T4sUOijqQbZv57TR Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.5 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7FD4oWry0BWjoQKURAsvaAKDp5rT8th1s8Bge/jOb8OBu5NW6HQCcCSMw HQOAmB5y3ZPlAX3vH4Pt5JE= =OpxF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --T4sUOijqQbZv57TR-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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