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Re: TTY pushback vulnerabilities / TIOCSTI

From: Hanno Böck <hanno () hboeck de>
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2023 10:40:35 +0100

On Wed, 15 Mar 2023 20:03:11 +1100 (EST)
Dave Horsfall <dave () horsfall org> wrote:

I hate tossing out functionality; would you not make it a privileged 
operation instead?


From a security perspective tossing out functionality is the better
option compared to restricting access. If there is practically no use
of that functionality and it's mostly a security risk, then removing it
is the right choice.

Reducing complexity is a good principle for IT security.

-- 
Hanno Böck
https://hboeck.de/

Current thread:

Re: TTY pushback vulnerabilities / TIOCSTI, (continued)
- - - Re: TTY pushback vulnerabilities / TIOCSTI Lyndon Nerenberg (VE7TFX/VE6BBM) (Mar 18)
    - Re: TTY pushback vulnerabilities / TIOCSTI Christos Zoulas (Mar 18)
    - Re: TTY pushback vulnerabilities / TIOCSTI Eric Ashley (Mar 18)
- Re: TTY pushback vulnerabilities / TIOCSTI Peter Bex (Mar 14)
  - Re: TTY pushback vulnerabilities / TIOCSTI Hanno Böck (Mar 14)
    - Re: TTY pushback vulnerabilities / TIOCSTI Peter Bex (Mar 14)
- Re: TTY pushback vulnerabilities / TIOCSTI Shawn Webb (Mar 14)
  - Re: TTY pushback vulnerabilities / TIOCSTI Fabian Keil (Mar 15)
    - Re: TTY pushback vulnerabilities / TIOCSTI Dave Horsfall (Mar 15)
    - Re: TTY pushback vulnerabilities / TIOCSTI Casper Dik (Mar 15)
    - Re: TTY pushback vulnerabilities / TIOCSTI Hanno Böck (Mar 15)
    - Re: TTY pushback vulnerabilities / TIOCSTI Jan Engelhardt (Mar 15)
    - Re: TTY pushback vulnerabilities / TIOCSTI Ed Maste (Mar 17)