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FreeBSD Security Archives: Re: BPF on in 3.3-RC GENERIC kernel

Re: BPF on in 3.3-RC GENERIC kernel

Wes Peters (wessoftweyr.com)
Sat, 18 Sep 1999 01:00:21 -0600

Warner Losh wrote:
>
> In message <37E32365.B9F9573Bsoftweyr.com> Wes Peters writes:
> : Worked for me. A well-written, accurate analogy too.
>
> I'll have to try again later... I'd be very interested in this. I
> personally think that schg is useful against accidental mistakes, but
> flawed in implementation.

Agreed. It's a good tool, but isn't going to stop somebody who's both
clever and dedicated. A similar facility in VMS didn't stop Kevin
Mittnick from stealing the VMS source code from my ex-boss. ;^)

> Although some of that may be due to inperfections in /etc/rc and
> friends.

I think a lot of the system startup just happened, rather than being
designed from a security standpoint. I'm attempting to land myself a
job where I would be paid to fix this, among other things. I'll let
you all know if/when it happens. 

-- 
            "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

Wes Peters                                                         Softweyr LLC
http://softweyr.com/                                           wessoftweyr.com

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