Gentoo Archives: gentoo-security

From: "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@×××××.net>
To: Ronny Roethof <ronny@×××××××××.nl>, gentoo-security@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-security] Changes to traceroute in newest release
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 08:53:11
Message-Id: 017c01c3c4ad$7c2b61b0$d037630a@nic.target.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-security] Changes to traceroute in newest release by Ronny Roethof
1 Ronny Roethof wrote:
2 >
3 > I myself admin several Gentoo based servers and although I want to
4 > have security.
5 > A tool such as mtr, traceroute, etc. should be systemwide available
6 > imho. If I grant users the use to a shell, what use is it if they
7 > can't do shit with it ?
8 >
9 > Met vriendelijke groet / With kind regards,
10 >
11 > Ronny Roethof
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13 It does not appear that FreeBSD or OpenBSD fealt the need to remove the
14 setuid bit from traceroute either. Apparently they don't see traceroute as
15 a significant security threat.
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17 Tom Veldhouse
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