Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 07:59:42 +0200 From: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com> To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> Cc: Warner Losh <imp@rover.village.org>, Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>, sthaug@nethelp.no, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sendmail complains about being unable to write his pid file Message-ID: <19970723075942.03679@gtn.com> In-Reply-To: <199707221417.IAA04808@rocky.mt.sri.com>; from Nate Williams on Tue, Jul 22, 1997 at 08:17:00AM -0600 References: <199707212106.OAA11898@phaeton.artisoft.com> <E0wqQHZ-0002PY-00@rover.village.org> <199707212214.QAA02162@rocky.mt.sri.com> <19970722073711.20412@gtn.com> <199707221417.IAA04808@rocky.mt.sri.com>
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On Tue, Jul 22, 1997 at 08:17:00AM -0600, Nate Williams wrote:
> > > > Files owned by root are harder to change via NFS....
> > >
> > > Ahh, you said the dirty word, NFS. NFS stands for 'No Freaking
> > > Security', so if you're using NFS, you've already given up any chance of
> > > security.
> ...
> > Or are you arguing, there is no reason to make it any better
> > secure, by changing file permissions, because you think it's
> > insecure(tm) ?! ;-))
>
> Yep. Changing the locks on the back-door of your house while leaving
> the front-door wide open is a false sense of security.
Well, if the back door is cloced you can concentrate on the front-door ;-)
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