From owner-freebsd-security Tue Oct 3 23:14:22 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from lucifer.ninth-circle.org (lucifer.bart.nl [194.158.168.74]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62B5037B502; Tue, 3 Oct 2000 23:14:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from asmodai@localhost) by lucifer.ninth-circle.org (8.11.0/8.11.0) id e946DuP97032; Wed, 4 Oct 2000 08:13:56 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from asmodai) Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 08:13:56 +0200 From: Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven To: Brett Glass Cc: Alfred Perlstein , Peter Wemm , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/finger finger.c Message-ID: <20001004081356.D96772@lucifer.bart.nl> References: <200010032326.e93NQ7H17213@netplex.com.au> <20001003155638.B73409@hub.freebsd.org> <200010032326.e93NQ7H17213@netplex.com.au> <20001003164236.Q27736@fw.wintelcom.net> <4.3.2.7.2.20001003175130.043dc4c0@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20001003175130.043dc4c0@localhost>; from brett@lariat.org on Tue, Oct 03, 2000 at 05:55:55PM -0600 Organisation: VIA Net.Works The Netherlands Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org -On [20001004 02:00], Brett Glass (brett@lariat.org) wrote: [differences between userland and kernel MFC's] >What about root compromises in userland -- e.g. in setuid apps, daemons >that run (or at least start) as root, etc.? Security fixes are always special cases. -- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven Network- and systemadministrator VIA Net.Works The Netherlands BSD: Technical excellence at its best http://www.via-net-works.nl Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message