Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 09:31:58 +0100 From: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> Subject: Re: nfsiod tasks started in error Message-ID: <20050408083158.GA70423@walton.maths.tcd.ie> In-Reply-To: <20050407212821.GA49406@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20050407204747.GP64927@dan.emsphone.com> <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGEELOHDAA.bob@a1poweruser.com> <20050407212821.GA49406@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 02:28:21PM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 05:06:07PM -0400, bob@a1poweruser.com wrote: > > Plan and simple. It's a security hole. > > OK, you've changed your mind; last time you were claiming it was a > waste of resources. And, FWIW, I don't believe having nfsiod running is likely to be a security hole in the way people might think, as nfsiod doesn't open any network connections/ports/whatever unless you're actually acting as an NFS client. David.
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