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2010/2/1 <schism@×××××××××.org> |
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> Removing the toolchain is an old, common misconception whose originator |
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> I would love to meet and slap some sense into. |
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> What exactly are you defending against? If the server is compromised, |
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> it's game over - they'll run whatever code they want, be that [highly |
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> unlikely] compiling a binary to attack further or [highly likely] use a |
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> pre-compiled static binary of their own. If you don't have a toolchain |
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> and they must have one, they'll download a static one and bootstrap it. |
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> Better to learn the use of a good access control system like the |
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> grsecurity RBAC that is integrated into hardened-gentoo to prevent |
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> misuse of the toolchain than to go through fragile and unsupportable |
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> gyrations trying to prevent a phantom threat. |
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I would agree on that. |
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But sometimes you have to answer some needs which are expressed by a |
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hierarchy level you can't slap some sense into. |
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Unless you want to start writing a new résumé. |
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If you have choice, then let base Gentoo tools and just control access. |
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Pierre. |
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"Sometimes when I'm talking, my words can't keep up with my thoughts. I |
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wonder why we think faster than we speak. Probably so we can think twice." - |
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Bill Watterson |
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