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Date:      Sat, 8 Sep 2001 20:49:15 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Cc:        Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca>, Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>, "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru>, security@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Fwd: Multiple vendor 'Taylor UUCP' problems.
Message-ID:  <20010908204915.A24987@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20010908195126.A13080@xor.obsecurity.org>; from kris@obsecurity.org on Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 07:51:26PM -0700
References:  <5.1.0.14.0.20010908222654.060f1ea8@192.168.0.12> <200109090243.f892hID99147@cwsys.cwsent.com> <20010908195126.A13080@xor.obsecurity.org>

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On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 07:51:26PM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 07:42:52PM -0700, Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems=
 Group wrote:
>=20
> > How about the following solution?  Install the UUCP binaries without=20
> > the setuid bit set and ship a script that would enable UUCP (turn on=20
> > setuid/setgid bits) for sites that need it.  Of course the script would=
=20
> > print an appropriate warning that enabling UUCP could lead to=20
> > compromise.
>=20
> No, if we're going to do that (install binaries by default which are
> useless by default) then we might as well just make it a port.  I'm
> almost done with that..I should be ready to commit in half an hour or
> so (I won't be removing uucp yet).

Okay, I've committed a first cut of the freebsd-uucp port.  Anyone who
makes use of uucp, please test this and let me know if there's
anything else I should be doing to smooth the transition path from the
base system version.  Since I don't use UUCP, I might be missing
something.

Once people are happy with the port, I'll remove the uucp stuff from
the base system (leaving cu behind, probably)

Kris
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