Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 15:29:37 +0100 (MET) From: Eivind Eklund <perhaps@yes.no> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mv /usr/src/games /dev/null - any objections? Message-ID: <199711041429.PAA26896@bitbox.follo.net> In-Reply-To: "Jordan K. Hubbard"'s message of Tue, 04 Nov 1997 03:08:28 -0800 References: <199711041040.CAA17501@hokkshideh.jetcafe.org> <8685.878641708@time.cdrom.com>
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> You don't think it might be prudent, given the low benefit-to-risk > ratio of /usr/src/games, to take steps to simply avoid a repetition > of this problem in a known trouble spot? Just to give you another nice argument: There are some security headaches with the games; presently they are just minor nits, but still at cross purposes with a security goal[1]. If we unbundle them, they are much less of a problem, as much fewer people will have them. The problem in question is only of interest on heavily secured servers. Anybody that install a bunch of games from ports and allow untrusted user logins on a heavily secured server will have little sympathy from me. Eivind. [1] I'm not going to specify this goal in public; let the crackers strain their minds without me helping them. This is only a minor DoS attack. Trust Me.
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