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Re: Trusted Unices Aren't?


From: "Joseph S. D. Yao" <jsdy () cospo osis gov>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:00:47 -0400 (EDT)

"breaking up root" in kernel is useless if you keep running utilities
and daemons suid root..

Running utilities and daemons suid root is useless - or, at least,
pretty meaningless - if root is broken up to the point where it no
longer has any/arbitrary privileges.

;-/

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Joe Yao                         jsdy () cospo osis gov - Joseph S. D. Yao
COSPO/OSIS Computer Support                                     EMT-A/B
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