2006 November 30

Securing the /tmp partion

Mount /tmp with noexec, nodev and nosuid flags. In most cases, a simpletmpfs ramdisk with a maximum size of 100 MB should be enough. Justinsert this line into /etc/fstab, and do a “mount /tmp” afterwards:

tmpfs /tmp tmpfs nodev,noexec,nosuid,size=100M,mode=1777 0 0

If a scriptkiddie still manages to drop a file in /tmp, there is no wayto execute it.

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By WladyX on 30 November, 2006 | General, Security | A comment?