Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 06:46:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Tony Finch <fanf@FreeBSD.org> To: annihilator_sc@hotmail.com, fanf@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/44433: Default permissions of some files under /etc Message-ID: <200210241346.g9ODk878060585@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Synopsis: Default permissions of some files under /etc State-Changed-From-To: open->closed State-Changed-By: fanf State-Changed-When: Thu Oct 24 06:42:34 PDT 2002 State-Changed-Why: Security through obscurity is no security at all. If your legitimate users cause trouble the correct fix is non-technical. If an external attacker gets a shell on the machine you are already doomed. The contents of these files can be worked out by observing the behaviour of the system. Users need to be able to see the contents in order to debug problems without bothering the sysadmin, and the sysadmin should not have to be root to be reminded of the contents of the files. This is not a bug. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=44433 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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