Bug#308832: dhcp3-server: Please do not run the server as root

2008-01-15 Thread Martin Pitt
Hi DHCP developers, Andrew Pollock [2008-01-14 20:48 -0800]: > This bug was received some time ago, and I forwarded it on to > dhcp-hackers, because I wasn't aware of dhcp-bugs at the time. Just confirming that I still think that the server derooting patch makes sense; it is unintrusive and robus

Bug#308832: dhcp3-server: Please do not run the server as root

2005-05-13 Thread Andrew Pollock
On Fri, May 13, 2005 at 09:13:17AM +0200, Martin Pitt wrote: > Hi! > > Andrew Pollock [2005-05-13 9:41 +1000]: > > Very cool. I will attempt to feed this to upstream, and will look at > > applying it to Debian. I'm planning on having a major fiddle with dhcp3 > > after Sarge releases. > > Nice t

Bug#308832: dhcp3-server: Please do not run the server as root

2005-05-13 Thread Martin Pitt
Hi! Andrew Pollock [2005-05-13 9:41 +1000]: > Very cool. I will attempt to feed this to upstream, and will look at > applying it to Debian. I'm planning on having a major fiddle with dhcp3 > after Sarge releases. Nice to hear! For upstream adoption it is probably required to invest a bit more wo

Bug#308832: dhcp3-server: Please do not run the server as root

2005-05-12 Thread Andrew Pollock
On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 06:03:06PM +0200, Martin Pitt wrote: > Package: dhcp3-server > Severity: wishlist > Tags: security patch > > Hi! > > dhcpd currently runs as root, which is much more than necessary. To > confine the impact of security holes, I minimized the privileges of > the server to a

Bug#308832: dhcp3-server: Please do not run the server as root

2005-05-12 Thread Martin Pitt
Package: dhcp3-server Severity: wishlist Tags: security patch Hi! dhcpd currently runs as root, which is much more than necessary. To confine the impact of security holes, I minimized the privileges of the server to a minimum: it runs as a normal user "dhcpd" now and only uses CAP_NET_RAW and CAP