Re: Immutable files

1997-12-25 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "Topi" == Topi Miettinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Topi> Matthew Wilcox writes: >> >> From a security point of view, it might be considered >> worthwhile to install system executables (particularly the suid >> ones) and then mark them immutable. Topi> Sounds like a

Re: Immutable files

1997-12-24 Thread Elie Rosenblum
And thus spake Matthew Wilcox, on Wed, Dec 24, 1997 at 01:41:27AM +: > From a security point of view, it might be considered worthwhile to install > system executables (particularly the suid ones) and then mark them immutable. > This does stop some common attacks from succeeding, and it might p

Immutable files

1997-12-24 Thread Matthew Wilcox
>From a security point of view, it might be considered worthwhile to install system executables (particularly the suid ones) and then mark them immutable. This does stop some common attacks from succeeding, and it might prevent some stupid things accidentally done as root. My Debian 1.2.10 system