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From: Lowell Gilbert <Lowell@Be-Well.Ilk.Org>
To: "James B. Byrne via freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Cc: byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca
Subject: Re: daily security run output (setuid)
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Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2017 12:11:57 -0500
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"James B. Byrne via freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
writes:

> Following a recent update we began to see this report:
>
> Checking setuid files and devices:
[...]
> This was a legitimate update as far as I can see. I can see that the
> mtime value has changed but why does the update not account for this
> with the security system?

Because having "the security system" trust that the the port update was
initiated by an appropriately authorized user would make it too easy to
hide a security breach.