From owner-svn-doc-projects@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 4 21:59:37 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-projects@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D56A098C for ; Tue, 4 Jun 2013 21:59:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@eitanadler.com) Received: from mail-pb0-x234.google.com (mail-pb0-x234.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c01::234]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEE201E2B for ; Tue, 4 Jun 2013 21:59:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pb0-f52.google.com with SMTP id xa12so839970pbc.11 for ; Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:59:37 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=eitanadler.com; s=0xdeadbeef; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=/k8zTTmwJuXdbJEim16udEQuvSKYREp+8kjjhLI3KAE=; b=OuvtvhLS7765uwl1isiFk6E9aovVV48Xb8XkeZsc0uOo33qOXx+oTMAGLsGWolwzEd utf6JnMH6f5rdZcqGfyBcHRiYvE/8l/JfWcc040q1phlW5J7sIvisVOtY09mIPYEmko7 ds/ph2oWi6ubTquO18pjJ3Qb3Cgfm/gH+56Vo= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :x-gm-message-state; bh=/k8zTTmwJuXdbJEim16udEQuvSKYREp+8kjjhLI3KAE=; b=ZDbleu4NCBz9QLObjZRYx8NDrzr+8RvMJV4lBi91Skh+gKPA7e1xUj1iHqchKl++oq BY8qV8lybvFwwQlKxDcaIvcV4EworXenFiMn6g1DIy9SE8b1kuSkksIvePhb6wCG9PPu OBEucBTW5zooeKYnNOTquoWJTFoS6Ucqalf5gsoUEsj52MIFOm7elyQphWV5V4HH9bOq SBpaqYgrfjZBinM9WSNgRfHqnBgRUjrBH2L0vVqKRGZYxb0/J9lai/OV3ewptyVjmB4f 9H3MTcnAgDrC+p/wtvcrPp+9O15Nz+xhgUq12cSXNSIa6v3/OZ7WaM4/nVwUxsxPaqQc Vomg== X-Received: by 10.68.245.105 with SMTP id xn9mr30053712pbc.157.1370383177479; Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:59:37 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: lists@eitanadler.com Received: by 10.70.45.33 with HTTP; Tue, 4 Jun 2013 14:59:07 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <201306042142.r54Lg8g8085573@svn.freebsd.org> References: <201306042142.r54Lg8g8085573@svn.freebsd.org> From: Eitan Adler Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 23:59:07 +0200 X-Google-Sender-Auth: WK7Gu3-nGYiUJutuiNSSfndm3-s Message-ID: Subject: Re: svn commit: r41839 - projects/ISBN_1-57176-407-0/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics To: Tom Rhodes Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnAEIdBK8vl+nrr3vSF5GSXyR4SJG0RX4EhqxZvXwcEjnwL+Hro3Y0Gh9UsBB4lhlStvCgR Cc: svn-doc-projects@freebsd.org, doc-committers@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: svn-doc-projects@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for doc projects trees List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2013 21:59:37 -0000 On 4 June 2013 23:42, Tom Rhodes wrote: > Author: trhodes > Date: Tue Jun 4 21:42:07 2013 > New Revision: 41839 > URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/41839 > > Log: > Reword the noexec option on this version of the basics > chapter. > > Modified: > projects/ISBN_1-57176-407-0/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml > > Modified: projects/ISBN_1-57176-407-0/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml > ============================================================================== > --- projects/ISBN_1-57176-407-0/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml Tue Jun 4 20:42:37 2013 (r41838) > +++ projects/ISBN_1-57176-407-0/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml Tue Jun 4 21:42:07 2013 (r41839) > @@ -1800,7 +1800,9 @@ root 5211 0.0 0.2 3620 1724 2 > > > Do not allow execution of binaries on this file > - system. This is also a useful security option. > + system. This option should not be the only security > + control placed on a file system as scripts written in > + any language may still execute. I would remove the language "the only security control" as this implies that 'noexec' has a non-zero security value. Perhaps "Do not allow execution of binaries on this file system. This helps reduce annoyance to the user when storing binaries of non-native architectures" or the like. -- Eitan Adler Source, Ports, Doc committer Bugmeister, Ports Security teams