Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 15:04:53 -0400 From: Louis Theran <k@yt.to> To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kernel permissions Message-ID: <19980417150453.H3352@yt.to> In-Reply-To: <19980417144046.41055@mph124.rh.psu.edu>; from Matthew Hunt on Fri, Apr 17, 1998 at 02:40:46PM -0400 References: <19980417005408.08278@mph124.rh.psu.edu> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980417140750.523e-100000@sasami.jurai.net> <19980417144046.41055@mph124.rh.psu.edu>
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On Fri, Apr 17, 1998 at 02:40:46PM -0400, Matthew Hunt wrote: > Yes, that's exactly it. I do not agree with hiding information > unnecessarily. The belief that this change improves security seems > like a "security by obscurity" approach. While security by obscurity by itself is not too useful, as long as it does not pervent real security measures from being used, it generally does not hurt. ^L -- Louis Theran -- Carjacker on the Information Superhighway "Te occidere possunt, sed te edere non possunt nefas quo est." PGP welcome; key at: k-pgpkey@yt.to To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message
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