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 simple extension

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

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