hi Robin,

> Due to bad design of some system programs
> you need / to be mounted rw at boot :-(.
> It should be possible to later remount / as ro, but you certainly can't
> do it at boot.
ok, didn't know that.

> If you are certain you aren't going to run anything that puts suid code
> in /var, then add nosuid there.
how can I determine if there is suid code put into /var ?

> qmail, vpopmail and a few other programs do put suid code in /var, so I
> don't suggest it by default.
is there a way to configure them to some other behaviour?

> The noexec on /tmp will save you from a LOT of trouble, as the great
> majority of rootkits try to run from there. On the other hand, it will
> break some scripts (the livecd creation script for eg), so YMMV.
understood. thx!

> For security, i'd suggest you take a look at the Gentoo SELinux stuff.
is already running! ;-)



 
regards
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                             19-Sep-82 11:44    Scott E  Fahlman


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