Subject: Re: veriexec logs
To: None <dlagno@mail.nnov.ru>
From: Jaromir Dolecek <jdolecek@NetBSD.org>
List: current-users
Date: 03/10/2004 14:33:36
dlagno@mail.nnov.ru wrote:
> No older than 5-7 days. I see CVS logs say that veriexec entry was fixed
> in January. But there is no mention about veriexec in my /dev/MAKEDEV.
> While src/etc/MAKEDEV.tmpl contains some entry about it. My /dev/MAKEDEV
> is just from etc.tgz which was built by ./build.sh -someflags
> distribution sets
Which architecture are you using?
Jaromir
> > > Only messages about mismatched fingerprints are really always
> > > important. Messages about lacking fingerprint may be not so
> interesting
> > > but they also go as "kern.crit". Those messages can junk up logs.
> >
> > No, I don't think you are correct on that. Lacking a fingerprint
> > *should* not happen once the fingerprints have been loaded into the
> > kernel. If you have securelevel at 3 then those executables would be
> > denied execution. Lacking a fingerprint should be an indication that
> > someone is trying to run something that has not been made part of the
> > trusted computing base and as such the incident should be investigated
> > and acted on.
>
> OK, I see. But you certainly will have junked up logs if try to rebuild
> system with tools on machine with veriexec turned on:)
>
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