Subject: Re: misc/143: Setuid programs installed unreadable
To: Chris G. Demetriou <cgd@postgres.berkeley.edu>
From: Peter da Silva <peter@Taronga.COM>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 02/28/1994 21:13:06
> as for 'crontab' some would argue that making it readable is OK,
> but i think leaving it unreadable is a reasonable security measure to
> take.
I don't get it. Since anyone can FTP the source to these things, how does
making the binaries unreadable help?
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