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From: "Grégoire Welraeds" <gregoire.welraeds@××××××××.be>
To: Alerts <alerts@×××××××××××××.com>
Cc: gentoo-security List <gentoo-security@g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-security] Changes to traceroute in newest release
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 03:58:56
Message-Id: 3FE028D4.9070801@dieteren.be
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-security] Changes to traceroute in newest release by Alerts
1 Alerts wrote:
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3 > We have to remember why setuid exists in the
4 > first place. It actually enhances security by discouraging the
5 > widely lamented practice of spending too much time as root.
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7 So is sudo. Unfortunatly, setuid actually failed to enhance security.
8 http://www.google.com/search?q=linux+setuid+security+hole&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
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