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Date:      Thu, 11 May 2000 12:11:40 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
To:        Paul Hart <hart@iserver.com>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: envy.vuurwerk.nl daily run output
Message-ID:  <200005111611.MAA17380@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005110953510.8386-100000@anchovy.orem.iserver.com>
References:  <391A8A3C.795C15F7@algroup.co.uk> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005110953510.8386-100000@anchovy.orem.iserver.com>

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<<On Thu, 11 May 2000 10:03:38 -0600 (MDT), Paul Hart <hart@iserver.com> said:

> If I can root your box, what's to stop me from falsifying the
> reference data in /var used by /etc/security to detect system
> changes?

Stupidity and inexperience.  Also, not all break-ins result in root
compromise.

-GAWollman

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