Re: Immutable files

To: Matthew Wilcox <willy@odie.barnet.ac.uk>
Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Immutable files
From: Topi Miettinen <Topi.Miettinen@ml.tele.fi>
Date: Thu, 25 Dec 1997 11:41:57 +0200
Message-id: <[🔎] 199712250941.LAA19711@pop.ml.tele.fi>
Reply-to: Topi Miettinen <Topi.Miettinen@ml.tele.fi>
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 24 Dec 1997 01:41:27 GMT." <[🔎] 199712240141.BAA27310@odie.barnet.ac.uk>
References: <[🔎] 199712240141.BAA27310@odie.barnet.ac.uk>

Matthew Wilcox writes:
> 
> From a security point of view, it might be considered worthwhile to install
> system executables (particularly the suid ones) and then mark them immutable.

Sounds like a simple extension to suidmanager package. According to WNPP,
it needs a new maintainer (hint hint).

Maybe using suidmanager should be enforced by the Policy?

-Topi

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