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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: What could have been done differently?
On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Scott Francis wrote: He argued instead that OSes should be redesigned to implement the principle of least privilege from the ground up, down to the architecture they run on. [...] The problem there is the same as with windowsupdate - if one can spoof the central authority, one instantly gains unrestricted access to not one, but myriad computers. [...] So far, the closest thing I've seen to this concept is the ssh administrative host model: adminhost:~root/.ssh/id_dsa.pub is copied to every targethost:~root/.ssh/authorized_keys2, such that commands can be performed network-wide from a single station. Do you even read what you write? How does a host with root access to an entire set of hosts exemplify the least privilege principle? matto [email protected]<darwin>< Flowers on the razor wire/I know you're here/We are few/And far between/I was thinking about her skin/Love is a many splintered thing/Don't be afraid now/Just walk on in. #include <disclaim.h>
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