From owner-freebsd-security Thu Jul 12 12: 9: 8 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from moek.pir.net (moek.pir.net [130.64.1.215]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABE4737B403 for ; Thu, 12 Jul 2001 12:09:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from pir@pir.net) Received: from pir by moek.pir.net with local (Exim) id 15KlpY-0006qw-00 for security@FreeBSD.ORG; Thu, 12 Jul 2001 15:08:56 -0400 Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 15:08:56 -0400 From: Peter Radcliffe To: "'security@FreeBSD.ORG'" Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.3 local root PREVENTIONS Message-ID: <20010712150856.B22961@pir.net> Reply-To: security@freebsd.org Mail-Followup-To: "'security@FreeBSD.ORG'" References: <6381A6A8826BD31199500090279CAFBA2BD50E@exchange.strategicit.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <6381A6A8826BD31199500090279CAFBA2BD50E@exchange.strategicit.net>; from JPortwood@strategicit.net on Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 03:08:31PM -0400 X-fish: < X-Copy-On-Listmail: Please do NOT Cc: me on list mail. Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org "Portwood, Jason" probably said: > Wouldn't it be a better practice to just mount all the partitions that don't > need suid as nosuid? Just off the top of my head those candidates would > be > > /tmp > /home > /var > > Is there a good reason for not doing this? I've been doing this for some time. I also mount everything but / nodev. Doesn't seem to hurt anything I use. P. -- pir pir@pir.net pir@net.tufts.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message