"TrustedBSD" addons

Kevin Lyons kevin_lyons at ofdengineering.com
Wed Jun 30 07:49:40 PDT 2004



Daniel M. Kurry wrote:

> Kevin Lyons said something like:
> 
>>Some of them are not esoteric.  So, following the current logic, I guess 
>>we'll have more "jails" for jail and more wrappers for wrapper :) ? 
>>Presumably FreeBSD r-eng runs some kind of audit on port source like 
>>that mentioned in "Building Secure Software".  Maybe that audit process 
>>should be improved rather than trying to add more layers of paint to 
>>fill in the cracks (proverbial)?
> 
> 
> Kevin, I believe this is the point in the thread where someone scolds 
> you for not posting patches (or offering more concrete suggestions).

Is the last line not concrete-enough?  You are right.  If I don't like 
the system, I should re-write it myself.  If somebody out there thinks 
that adding more layers of bugged security features is the wrong way to 
go, and beats me to it, then that is great. Otherwise, we'll be waiting 
a while for my patches :).


> Just a heads up.
> 
> Dan
> 
> 
>>-- 
>>Kevin Lyons
> 
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