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Date:      Sat, 29 Aug 1998 01:22:45 -0500
From:      "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com>
To:        "Jan B. Koum " <jkb@best.com>
Cc:        scex <scex@dqc.org>, "Jeffrey J. Mountin" <jeff-ml@mountin.net>, security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Shell history
Message-ID:  <19980829012245.54585@futuresouth.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9808282239160.19658-100000@shell6.ba.best.com>; from Jan B. Koum  on Fri, Aug 28, 1998 at 10:42:52PM -0700
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.02.9808282218130.29890-100000@dqc.org> <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9808282239160.19658-100000@shell6.ba.best.com>

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On Fri, Aug 28, 1998 at 10:42:52PM -0700, Jan B. Koum  woke me up to tell me:
> 	Hmm.. you are right, but what will stop an attacker who has
> freebsd box or has access to one to download the binary?

mount -u -o noexec /home?
(and /tmp, of course)


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