Xref: utzoo alt.security:1548 alt.bbs:2940 comp.unix.sysv386:401 Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!rpi!crdgw1!sixhub!davidsen From: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr) Newsgroups: alt.security,alt.bbs,comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Re: Protecting against downloads Message-ID: <1887@sixhub.UUCP> Date: 16 Sep 90 16:56:58 GMT References: <22@tdw205.ed.ray.com> Reply-To: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (bill davidsen) Followup-To: alt.security Organization: *IX Public Access UNIX, Schenectady NY Lines: 16 In article epeterson@encore.com writes: | ** BZZZT! ** Wrong. People need to be able to read the kernel and | other binaries. Changing the permission bits on the standard files is | not necessarily a healthy idea. Whatever gave you the idea that people need to read the kernel? All my files are are protected against user reading, and I haven't seen any problems. If people want to read the kernel let them buy their own systems! I've been running since May 1986, so I have some reasonable experience on the topic. -- bill davidsen - davidsen@sixhub.uucp (uunet!crdgw1!sixhub!davidsen) sysop *IX BBS and Public Access UNIX moderator of comp.binaries.ibm.pc and 80386 mailing list "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me