Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 17:04:16 +0000 (GMT) From: Paul Richards <p.richards@elsevier.co.uk> To: security@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ssh /etc config files location.. Message-ID: <199601221704.RAA09129@cadair.elsevier.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <199601221615.JAA21985@rocky.sri.MT.net> from "Nate Williams" at Jan 22, 96 09:15:10 am
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In reply to Nate Williams who said > > > I don't see the point to move security-related configs to /etc > > and _not_ to move security binaries from /usr/local. > > Because not everyone has worries about NFS security. I don't think the security issue is the main one anyway. Like you said, you either trust NFS or you simply don't use it and moving ssh files off /usr/local because it might use NFS from a security point of view is rather bogus. The fact that the ssh files are *host specific* is a far more important consideration. They should therefore be in a *genuinely* local part of the filesystem. > > I disagree with proposed solution (moving configs only to /etc). > > I agree. I disagree with /etc. These are not configuration files, they are runtime modifiable files and should go in /var. -- Paul Richards. Originative Solutions Ltd. Internet: paul@netcraft.co.uk, http://www.netcraft.co.uk Phone: 0370 462071 (Mobile), +44 1225 447500 (work)
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