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Date:      Wed, 16 Dec 1998 01:04:02 +0200
From:      Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
To:        Alfred Perlstein <bright@hotjobs.com>
Cc:        Joe Abley <jabley@clear.co.nz>, Kevin Day <toasty@home.dragondata.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: modification to exec in the kernel? 
Message-ID:  <199812152304.BAA01285@greenpeace.grondar.za>
In-Reply-To: Your message of " Tue, 15 Dec 1998 12:17:35 EST." <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812151211520.27793-100000@bright.fx.genx.net> 
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812151211520.27793-100000@bright.fx.genx.net> 

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Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> Any 'uberhacker' on the otherhand might find an overflow in any util to
> get it to run his arbitrary code.  (i've seen vi segfault)
> 
> It's not 1980, lock the doors and hope no one with a fireaxe comes
> knocking.

Right. Security is 50% procedure, 50% knowledge and the remaining 50%
is the luck that puts you in front of the bad guys. :-)

There is no "build it and leave it" formula.

M
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