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Interesting article on minimizing privileges


From: "Kenneth R. van Wyk" <Ken () KRvW com>
Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 21:52:50 +0100

Anyone looking for a great introduction to putting the principle of least 
privilege into action, check out David Wheeler's article at:

http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-sppriv.html?ca=dgr-lnxw04Privileges

It cites one of my favorite examples of least privilege, Wietse Venema's 
Postfix program.  Great stuff, check it out.

Cheers,

Ken
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