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Why we should care

Why we should care

Posted Aug 18, 2005 8:00 UTC (Thu) by janfrode (subscriber, #244)
In reply to: Why we should care by cdmiller
Parent article: An overview of multilevel security

Readable by everybody:

/etc/passwd

Not readable by any processes started by users logged in via eth0:

/etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key

sshd started from /etc/rc*.d/ belongs to a different domain than prosesses initiated from eth0, so sshd can read this file.


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