From owner-freebsd-current Tue Dec 15 15:04:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA10382 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Tue, 15 Dec 1998 15:04:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gratis.grondar.za (gratis.grondar.za [196.7.18.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA10373 for ; Tue, 15 Dec 1998 15:04:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Received: from greenpeace.grondar.za (IDENT:6vrSY2Qtma9PerLxiHz5q/8Cm3Zc9rdD@greenpeace.grondar.za [196.7.18.132]) by gratis.grondar.za (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id BAA03466; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 01:04:18 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Received: from grondar.za (IDENT:7FgJ3AZzIZV1Cge2MFn4TQpf6GcPkiQe@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by greenpeace.grondar.za (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id BAA01285; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 01:04:03 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Message-Id: <199812152304.BAA01285@greenpeace.grondar.za> To: Alfred Perlstein cc: Joe Abley , Kevin Day , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: modification to exec in the kernel? In-Reply-To: Your message of " Tue, 15 Dec 1998 12:17:35 EST." References: Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 01:04:02 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Alfred Perlstein wrote: > Any 'uberhacker' on the otherhand might find an overflow in any util to > get it to run his arbitrary code. (i've seen vi segfault) > > It's not 1980, lock the doors and hope no one with a fireaxe comes > knocking. Right. Security is 50% procedure, 50% knowledge and the remaining 50% is the luck that puts you in front of the bad guys. :-) There is no "build it and leave it" formula. M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message