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Date:      Fri, 17 Apr 1998 15:04:53 -0400
From:      Louis Theran <k@yt.to>
To:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: kernel permissions
Message-ID:  <19980417150453.H3352@yt.to>
In-Reply-To: <19980417144046.41055@mph124.rh.psu.edu>; from Matthew Hunt on Fri, Apr 17, 1998 at 02:40:46PM -0400
References:  <19980417005408.08278@mph124.rh.psu.edu> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980417140750.523e-100000@sasami.jurai.net> <19980417144046.41055@mph124.rh.psu.edu>

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On Fri, Apr 17, 1998 at 02:40:46PM -0400, Matthew Hunt wrote: 
> Yes, that's exactly it.  I do not agree with hiding information
> unnecessarily.  The belief that this change improves security seems
> like a "security by obscurity" approach.

While security by obscurity by itself is not too useful, as long as it does
not pervent real security measures from being used, it generally does not
hurt.

^L

-- 
Louis Theran -- Carjacker on the Information Superhighway
"Te occidere possunt, sed te edere non possunt nefas quo est."
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