Re: syslogd(8) Dropping Privs

From: Neo-Vortex (root_at_Neo-Vortex.Ath.Cx)
Date: 06/05/04

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    Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 08:48:58 +1000 (EST)
To: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@freebsd.org>

    On Fri, 4 Jun 2004, Crist J. Clark wrote:

    > We haven't had many syslogd(8) vulnerabilities lately, but one
    > less daemon running as root seems like a Good Thing. I do not
    > see any drawbacks from a security point of view.
    I agree there, the less, the better :)

    ~Neo-Vortex
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