From owner-freebsd-arch Wed Jan 6 00:27:21 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA06185 for freebsd-arch-outgoing; Wed, 6 Jan 1999 00:27:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.204.136.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA06178 for ; Wed, 6 Jan 1999 00:27:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id JAA28892 for ; Wed, 6 Jan 1999 09:26:50 +0100 (CET) Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id JAA25553 for freebsd-arch@freebsd.org; Wed, 6 Jan 1999 09:26:49 +0100 (MET) Received: from alcanet.com.au (border.alcanet.com.au [203.62.196.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA07665 for ; Tue, 5 Jan 1999 20:10:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from peter.jeremy@auss2.alcatel.com.au) Received: by border.alcanet.com.au id <40340>; Wed, 6 Jan 1999 15:08:46 +1100 Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 15:09:21 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy Subject: Re: Implementing a DEVFS daemon To: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Message-Id: <99Jan6.150846est.40340@border.alcanet.com.au> Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG The moderator commented: [Security holes due to time between device arriving and devfsd fixing the permissions] >[This is not a problem if the devices arrive with 'suitable' >permissions; ie, totally restricted. -EE] Note that `totally restricted' is inappropriate for some devices: /dev/null is the most obvious one, but /dev/zero is another candidate. Admittedly, they shouldn't be magically appearing whilst the system is running. Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message