[Discuss] Program path maintenance and security (was Re: Debian 12 vs. WSL 1)

[Bill Ricker]

On Fri, Jun 23, 2023, 09:00 <markw at mohawksoft.com> wrote:

> I kind of want to weigh in on a "meta" of this argument.
>

You had me at meta :-)

PATH is interesting but incomplete. . . .

If you use "rbash" the restricted version, PATH
> is read-only and a user can not use absolute paths.


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There are, as always, vulnerabilities every now and then


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>
Lately I have become a big fan of the dreaded SELINUX system.


Having been adjacent to the precursors (MITRE CMW), this cheers me.

If you
> really want security, learn and enable SELINUX. Its a PITA, but it can
> really help security in that all access is explicit.
>

SELINUX, AppArmor, and apparently grsecurity are good choices for different
needs. (I just became aware of the third choice. Hoping not to dig into it,
but ebay time i think I'm fine with security it drags me back.)