Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [snip] > so here is the situation: > > i don't leave open holes that script kiddies use with thier skripts only > a dumbass skript kiddie will be foiled by noexec /tmp skript kiddies will > be foiled by the fact that my boxes are always up to date and patched > against all known vulnerabilities. > > therefore noexec /tmp gives nothing but inconvenience and no added > security.
There is a school of thought that says there is no such thing as `secure', only making it as hard work -inconvenient- for someone to persist in attacking you. That's why, the more layers I can throw in someone's face, be it firewalling, more than just `defaults' in fstab, running libsafe, the better. ~Tim -- 10:04:04 up 2 days, 12:03, 10 users, load average: 0.26, 0.17, 0.09 [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Rushing onwards, tracing the chains, http://piglet.is.dreaming.org |Chasing the days, chasing the days.
