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security issues and design of pmcd

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Subject: security issues and design of pmcd
From: Thomas Biege <thomas@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2012 13:45:20 +0200
Organization: SUSE Linux Products GmbH
Hello,
we are currently in the process of updating pcp due to the recently
discovered security issues. But I am not very happy with the design of
pmcd. 

Would it be possible to run the code that processes the network data
without UID and GID 0?


A small daemon that runs with a dedicated UID/GID that uses IPC to talk
to another more intelligent service that collects/processes data might
be a choice. Or a local service that creates uses a database/message
queue that can be accessed by the daemon listening on the network.

What do you think?

Best regards,
Thomas
-- 
Thomas Biege, Project Manager Security, CSSLP
SUSE LINUX GmbH, GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer, HRB
21284 (AG Nürnberg)
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                            -- Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

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