Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 20:37:16 +0000 From: Niall Smart <rotel@indigo.ie> To: Nicholas Charles Brawn <ncb05@uow.edu.au>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: trusted path execution patch Message-ID: <199808271937.UAA01055@indigo.ie> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.4.02A.9808260223120.247-100000@banshee.cs.uow.edu.au>; Nicholas Charles Brawn <ncb05@uow.edu.au>
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On Aug 26, 2:32am, Nicholas Charles Brawn wrote: } Subject: trusted path execution patch > For those not familiar with route's patch (Phrack 52, article 6), it > limits the execution of binaries to those in directories designated as > "trusted". That being (in this case), those that aren't writable by > group or other, and are owned by either root, bin, or have the gid of a > "trusted" group. So are you going to audit all those utilities in the trusted path for buffer overflows? Niall -- Niall Smart, rotel@indigo.ie. Amaze your friends and annoy your enemies: echo '#define if(x) if (!(x))' >> /usr/include/stdio.h To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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