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Date:      Wed, 4 Oct 2000 08:13:56 +0200
From:      Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <jruigrok@via-net-works.nl>
To:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Cc:        Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>, Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/finger finger.c
Message-ID:  <20001004081356.D96772@lucifer.bart.nl>
In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20001003175130.043dc4c0@localhost>; from brett@lariat.org on Tue, Oct 03, 2000 at 05:55:55PM -0600
References:  <200010032326.e93NQ7H17213@netplex.com.au> <20001003155638.B73409@hub.freebsd.org> <200010032326.e93NQ7H17213@netplex.com.au> <20001003164236.Q27736@fw.wintelcom.net> <4.3.2.7.2.20001003175130.043dc4c0@localhost>

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-On [20001004 02:00], Brett Glass (brett@lariat.org) wrote:

[differences between userland and kernel MFC's]

>What about root compromises in userland -- e.g. in setuid apps, daemons
>that run (or at least start) as root, etc.?

Security fixes are always special cases.

-- 
Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven          Network- and systemadministrator
<jruigrok@via-net-works.nl>            VIA Net.Works The Netherlands
BSD: Technical excellence at its best  http://www.via-net-works.nl
Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to
change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference...


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