Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 15:47:49 +0000 From: Pater Pandoson <ppandoson@eCoNeed.com> To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: perl Message-ID: <3A76E225.A40C8A3@eCoNeed.com> References: <E14Ncrx-000DAU-00@post.mail.nl.demon.net>
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Cliff Sarginson wrote: > > Cliff Sarginson wrote: > > > > > WHat harm will they do, pray ? > > > If the rest of your system is secure..perl is just another > > > computer language :) > > > > Hmm better safe than sorry. Who knows what might go > > bump in the nite. > > Well, I think this is the wrong way of going about it. > On a system setup properly no user can damage stuff by using > perl, the only person he/she can shoot in the foot is him/her self. > I think denying access to stuff is a security cop-out, for the > simple reason that it will encourage deviant behaviour amongst the > so-inclined, and it won't stop a determined person anyway (they > can always install their own copy of it !). > > Look at permissions, firewalls, ownerships, not at language or other > tools. > Well, it's your system. Just my thoughts.. > > Cliff > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Who says that uses have access to a partition capable of executing binaries? And if there is a "security cop-out" I will gladly take it. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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