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Date:      Fri, 7 Aug 1998 12:20:35 +0200
From:      Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>
To:        FreeBSD-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Does this mean we have another breakin?
Message-ID:  <19980807122035.A4145@keltia.freenix.fr>
In-Reply-To: <o1zqteasq.fsf@mew.gol.com>; from Just Another Perl Hacker on Fri, Aug 07, 1998 at 12:21:57PM %2B0900
References:  <199808051643.KAA04281@lariat.lariat.org> <19980805234700.A23220@keltia.freenix.fr> <o90l2bshu.fsf@mew.gol.com> <19980806131045.A28059@keltia.freenix.fr> <o1zqteasq.fsf@mew.gol.com>

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According to Just Another Perl Hacker:
> I assume that this spontaneous writebacks *could* occur not only to
> setuid(2)'d executables such as sendmail(8), but to arbitrary command
> as a file on the filesystem.

Of course but unless you run Tripwire, the /etc/security script will detect 
changes only on setuid/setgid ones.
-- 
Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr
FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 3.0-CURRENT #62: Mon Jul 27 20:47:08 CEST 1998


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