From owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 5 22:24:43 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C63E410656AE for ; Mon, 5 Oct 2009 22:24:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail2.fluidhosting.com (mx21.fluidhosting.com [204.14.89.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DEC88FC08 for ; Mon, 5 Oct 2009 22:24:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 27196 invoked by uid 399); 5 Oct 2009 21:58:02 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO foreign.dougb.net) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with ESMTPAM; 5 Oct 2009 21:58:02 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 127.0.0.1 X-Sender: dougb@dougbarton.us Message-ID: <4ACA6BE8.3000402@FreeBSD.org> Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:58:00 -0700 From: Doug Barton Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20090822) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Daniel Bond References: <20091003121830.GA15170@sorry.mine.nu> <4AC7B690.1060607@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.96.0 OpenPGP: id=D5B2F0FB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org, Eric Williams Subject: Re: openssh concerns X-BeenThere: freebsd-security@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Security issues \[members-only posting\]" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:24:43 -0000 Daniel Bond wrote: > However, I'm concerned about the suggestion of using an > unprivileged port Please explain your reasoning, and how it's relevant in a world where the vast majority of Internet users have complete administrative control over the systems they use. Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection