Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 15:55:24 -0700 From: Karl Young <karly@kipshouse.org> To: "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> Cc: "Michael B. Eichorn" <ike@michaeleichorn.com>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: replace uname -a informational string Message-ID: <20151023225524.GJ31202@mailboy.kipshouse.net> In-Reply-To: <20151023225424.49220466.ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> References: <20151023090805.5484ce9b@freyja.zeit4.iv.bundesimmobilien.de> <1445622325.1169.29.camel@michaeleichorn.com> <20151023225424.49220466.ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
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O. Hartmann(ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de)@2015.10.23 22:54:24 +0200: > Am Fri, 23 Oct 2015 13:45:25 -0400 > "Michael B. Eichorn" <ike@michaeleichorn.com> schrieb: > > > First of all: Thank you very much for your concerns and answers. > > > On Fri, 2015-10-23 at 09:08 +0200, O. Hartmann wrote: > > > For security purposes, I need to replace the informations given by > > > "uname -a" > > > to hode the kernel build system, name et cetera. > > > > I presume you intendend 'hide' here? > > > > If you want to scrub a binaries of _all_ information about the building > > system this is a problem Debian is actively working on called > > 'reproducible builds' but is not possible today. > > > > https://reproducible.debian.net > > > > If you want to hide the hostname, why not just build with a different > > hostname set? > > Because it is not only the hostname, uname reveals the target host, date and OS version. > > In our case, the image ist built on a dedicated host for a security appliabce based on > NanoBSD and I'd like to hide the OS type, the OS name, the build box' name and the build > date. Perhaps you could mv or rm /usr/bin/uname and replace it with your own script or binary that outputs whatever you want it to. -karl > > > > > > > > > Is there a way to achieve this via setting some knobs in the process of > > > a > > > buildkernel? > > > > > > Please CC me, I'm not subscriber of the list. > > > > > > Kind regards and thanks in advance, > > > > > > O. Hartmann > >
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