Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 02:00:25 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> To: Jay Tribick <netadmin@fastnet.co.uk> Cc: Mark Newton <newton@camtech.com.au>, FREEBSD-SECURITY@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: append-only devices for logging Message-ID: <30042.913284025@zippy.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 10 Dec 1998 09:17:39 GMT." <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812100906050.9677-100000@bofh.fast.net.uk>
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> True but if they have root then they can quite easily alter /etc/rc.local Anyone setting their securelevel to 2 and *meaning* it will have also chflag'd many of the files in / (including this one) to be effectively read-only. There's no point in locking all your doors and leaving a window open, after all, and anyone clueful enough to run at such a high secure level should also be clueful enough to know where all the obvious doors and windows (like this one) are. :-) - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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