BIND less restrictive modes and policy

[Andrew Farris]

Adam Tkac wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm going to do major revision of bind's file modes. Currenly We have
> many files readable only by root and I can't see any reason why keep
> binaries unreadable and unexecutable by other users. Also there isn't
> any reason why keep configuration private. Only this files should not
> be readable by other users:
> - /etc/rndc.key - who has it may control server through rndc utility
> - /var/log/named.log - will have sensitive information
> 
> All other will be readable for all. Also complete /var/named/* subtree
> will be writable by named (for generating core files, DDNS updates,
> secondary servers, generally for easier configuration).
> 
> Has anyone arguments against such change?
> 
> Regards, Adam

Just a comment, that probably needs to accompany selinux policy adjustments (or 
rather, without change in policy other users won't have access even with mode 
changes)?

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