mount noexec and ro

* Joe Knall <joe.knallgmx.net> [2006-11-04
11:52]:
> Hello,
> 
> can/does mounting a partition with noexec, ro etc.
provide additional 
> security or are those limitations easy to circumvent?

It only helps against scriptkiddie-attacks.
'/lib/ld-linux.so.2 /tmp/somedynamicallylinkedbinary' still
works.
See http://www
.seifried.org/lasg/installation/, section
"Filesystem layout and structuring".
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Wolfram Schlich
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