RE: dpkg-buildpackage (-rfakeroot) leaves setuid binaries
For the non-mathmatical, or rather gramatical, style to say it, I use the phrase:
"Security is Inconvenient."
The first time I say it to someone, they usually pause for a moment, digest it, and it really helps in further discussions about "what to do about...".
It's my answer, for instance, when someone notices just how much I type to open an SSH session. "Wow, that's a long password." "Yep, security is inconvenient." Sometimes this leads to *their* inquiring as to what it buys, and leads to another informed user who doesn't feel pressured.
It isn't just UNIX, have you ever looked at how every openable thing on a Catarpiller earth-moving machine has a way to padlock it closed? One key for simple operation, another key for routine engine maintenance, maybe a pass-key (su) for the shop forman, etc...
Curt-
> -----Original Message-----
> From: martin f krafft [mailto:madduck@madduck.net]
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> yes, that's UNIX life. convenience ~ security^-1,
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> where operator~ here is "proportional"
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> --
> martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.)
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> i have the power to channel my imagination
> into ever-soaring levels of suspicion and paranoia.
>
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