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Date:      19 Jun 1999 14:24:56 +0200
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>
To:        ark@eltex.ru
Cc:        brian@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (Brian W. Buchanan), avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: proposed secure-level 4 patch
Message-ID:  <xzp3dzo9y3r.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: -=ArkanoiD=-'s message of "Sat, 19 Jun 1999 13:36:51 %2B0400 (MSD)"
References:  <199906190936.NAA02092@paranoid.eltex.spb.ru>

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-=ArkanoiD=- <ark@eltex.ru> writes:
> btw do you know your "securelevel 4" will break legacy protocols
> incl. outbound rsh,rlogin,lp,partially even ssh?

So? If you're security-conscious enough to use securelevels, you sure
don't allow rsh, rlogin or lp, and ssh doesn't need privileged ports
to run. Remove the SUID bit on the ssh binary, or run it with the -P
option.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no


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