Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 17 Nov 1996 16:08:14 -0500 (EST) | From | "Adam D. Bradley" <> | Subject | Re: Glitch in sys_chroot() |
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> > Just to show exactly HOW stupid this whole discussion is, here's inane > > argument #1: "The suid/sgid bits are the main source of security holes, so > > why don't we disable those altogether, and then we'll have a secure > > system". > > Hey, thats a good idea!
Hey, yeah! Even better...somewhere in the ELF loader, add a patch that parses suid binaries and makes sure they don't have any buffer overflow bugs or erratic chroot/chdir behaviors or unintended file overwrites or...
What do you think, Linus, not _too_ much bloat in that one? ;-)
(Where's that sponge? My terminal's dripping w/ sarcasm again...)
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