Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 07:40:07 -0400 From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org, solinym@gmail.com Subject: Re: comments on handbook chapter Message-ID: <20060907074007.5bc2c91e.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <86ejun53cu.fsf@dwp.des.no> References: <d4f1333a0609061905y709843ecm454509067925a7ca@mail.gmail.com> <86ejun53cu.fsf@dwp.des.no>
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On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 13:21:37 +0200 des@des.no (Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav) wrote: > "Travis H." <solinym@gmail.com> writes: > > ``You do not want to overbuild your security or you will interfere > > with the detection side, and detection is one of the single most > > important aspects of any security mechanism. For example, it makes > > little sense to set the schg flag (see chflags(1)) on every system > > binary because while this may temporarily protect the binaries, it > > prevents an attacker who has broken in from making an easily > > detectable change that may result in your security mechanisms not > > detecting the attacker at all.'' >=20 > Uh? Since when do we have crap like that in the handbook? It should > be removed with extreme prejudice. >=20 Grepping three of these lines, I cannot find it. Tell me Travis, what URL did you read this from? --=20 Tom Rhodes
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