Re: mount /usr partition nosuid

2009-12-04 Thread Mauro Rezzonico
Mark Romer wrote: Yes, so this would already be done in openbsd. You will soon discover that in OpenBSD, you don't have to go around the system hardening it... -- Mauro Rezzonico , Como, Italia "Maybe this world is another planet's hell" - H.Huxley

Re: mount /usr partition nosuid

2009-12-03 Thread Mark Romer
Ah yes, thanks Otto ! I think I was getting confused between the named binary in /usr/sbin/ and where the bind files are chrooted under /var/named Yes, so this would already be done in openbsd. thanks, Mark On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 2:08 PM, Mark Romer wrote: > Hello All, > Sorry if it has b

Re: mount /usr partition nosuid

2009-12-03 Thread Matthew Weigel
On Thu, 3 Dec 2009 15:30:15 -0500, Mark Romer wrote: > All, thanks for the responses so far. > > I work for the Fed and we have to setup a dns sec bind server on our end. > I > was just reading some of their "advice" on setting up the server... > > 2. Mount BIND's chroot filesystem with the no

Re: mount /usr partition nosuid

2009-12-03 Thread Mark Romer
Ok, I am not sure if I am replying to just that user or the whole group, when using the gmail client... anyway All, thanks for the responses so far. I work for the Fed and we have to setup a dns sec bind server on our end. I was just reading some of their "advice" on setting up the server...

Re: mount /usr partition nosuid

2009-12-03 Thread Otto Moerbeek
On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 03:30:15PM -0500, Mark Romer wrote: > All, thanks for the responses so far. > > I work for the Fed and we have to setup a dns sec bind server on our end. I > was just reading some of their "advice" on setting up the server... > > 2. Mount BIND's chroot filesystem with t

Re: mount /usr partition nosuid

2009-12-03 Thread Mark Romer
All, thanks for the responses so far. I work for the Fed and we have to setup a dns sec bind server on our end. I was just reading some of their "advice" on setting up the server... 2. Mount BIND's chroot filesystem with the noexec,nosuid,nodev options. Of course all their instructions are for

Re: mount /usr partition nosuid

2009-12-03 Thread Christopher Linn
On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 09:55:38PM +0200, Eugene Yunak wrote: > 2009/12/3 Mark Romer : > > Hello All, > > Sorry if it has been asked in the past, but is it ok to mount the /usr > > partition as nosuid? > > What if any default programs will that break? B And also does that give me > > any added secu

Re: mount /usr partition nosuid

2009-12-03 Thread Eugene Yunak
2009/12/3 Mark Romer : > Hello All, > Sorry if it has been asked in the past, but is it ok to mount the /usr > partition as nosuid? > What if any default programs will that break? B And also does that give me > any added security benefits? > Running 4.6 release generic i386 > thanks, Mark "find /u

Re: mount /usr partition nosuid

2009-12-03 Thread Josh Grosse
On Thu, 3 Dec 2009 14:08:29 -0500, Mark Romer wrote > Hello All, > Sorry if it has been asked in the past, but is it ok to mount the > /usr partition as nosuid? What if any default programs will that > break? Find out for yourself. See how Set-User-ID mode and Set-Group-ID mode are reporte

Re: mount /usr partition nosuid

2009-12-03 Thread Joachim Schipper
On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 02:08:29PM -0500, Mark Romer wrote: > Hello All, > Sorry if it has been asked in the past, but is it ok to mount the /usr > partition as nosuid? > What if any default programs will that break? And also does that give me > any added security benefits? > Running 4.6 release g

Re: mount /usr partition nosuid

2009-12-03 Thread Christopher Linn
On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 02:08:29PM -0500, Mark Romer wrote: > Hello All, > Sorry if it has been asked in the past, but is it ok to mount the /usr > partition as nosuid? > What if any default programs will that break? And also does that give me > any added security benefits? > Running 4.6 release g

mount /usr partition nosuid

2009-12-03 Thread Mark Romer
Hello All, Sorry if it has been asked in the past, but is it ok to mount the /usr partition as nosuid? What if any default programs will that break? And also does that give me any added security benefits? Running 4.6 release generic i386 thanks, Mark