From owner-freebsd-security Fri Aug 14 22:16:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA17697 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 22:16:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from banshee.cs.uow.edu.au (banshee.cs.uow.edu.au [130.130.188.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA17692 for ; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 22:16:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ncb05@banshee.cs.uow.edu.au) Received: (from ncb05@localhost) by banshee.cs.uow.edu.au (8.9.1/8.9.1) id PAA20772; Sat, 15 Aug 1998 15:15:45 +1000 (EST) Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 15:15:45 +1000 (EST) From: Nicholas Charles Brawn X-Sender: ncb05@banshee.cs.uow.edu.au To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: /proc query Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org What are the pros and cons of unmounting /proc? By itself it would appear to enhance security, in that it reduces the amount of information given out, but are there any functionality problems I should be aware of? Cheers, Nick -- Email: ncb05@uow.edu.au - http://rabble.uow.edu.au/~nick Key fingerprint = DE 30 33 D3 16 91 C8 8D A7 F8 70 03 B7 77 1A 2A "When in doubt, ask someone wiser than yourself..." -unknown To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message