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OpenBSD Gains Privilege Elevation

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the permission-granted dept.

ocipio writes "OpenBSD's systrace now has privilege elevation support. This means binaries no longer need to be suid or sgid an longer. Applications can be executed completely unprivileged. Systrace raises the privileges for a single system call depending on the configured policy."

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  1. Re:Article is over most /.er's heads by wilson_c · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ... Figures. With KDE and RedHat, you no longer have to be smart to run UNIX. tisk tisk, what a shame.
    How terrible! Simply using UNIX no longer immediately qualifies you as a superior person. Whatever esoteric bit of knowledge will you find next to prop up your self esteem?

    You need a new smart-guys-club to show how much better you are. Perhaps you can join Mensa. Then you and all of the other card-carrying smart guys can congratulate each other for being so much smarter than most people.

    Whatever happens, just remember, the contributions you've made to the world are important, whether we fools recognize it or not.