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Ivan Ivlev
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Dec 04, 2004
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jake%bugzilla.org
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Correct some minor typos in the security chapter.
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<!-- <!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"> -->
<!-- $Id: security.xml,v 1.
1 2004/12/02 04:21:27
jake%bugzilla.org Exp $ -->
<!-- $Id: security.xml,v 1.
2 2004/12/03 22:56:31
jake%bugzilla.org Exp $ -->
<chapter
id=
"security"
>
<title>
Bugzilla Security
</title>
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@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
audit your server and make sure that you aren't listening on any ports
you don't need to be. It's also highly recommended that the server
Bugzilla resides on, along with any other machines you administer, be
placed behind some kind
a
of firewall.
placed behind some kind of firewall.
</para>
</section>
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@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
<section
id=
"security-os-accounts"
>
<title>
System User Accounts
</title>
<para>
Many
<glossterm
linkend=
"gloss-daemon"
>
daemon
</glossterm>
, such
<para>
Many
<glossterm
linkend=
"gloss-daemon"
>
daemon
s
</glossterm>
, such
as Apache's
<filename>
httpd
</filename>
or MySQL's
<filename>
mysqld
</filename>
, run as either
<quote>
root
</quote>
or
<quote>
nobody
</quote>
. This is even worse on Windows machines where the
...
...
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
not be so obvious. Basically, if you run every daemon as
<quote>
nobody
</quote>
and one of them gets comprimised it can
comprimise every other daemon running as
<quote>
nobody
</quote>
on your
machine. For this reason it is recommended that you create a user
machine. For this reason
,
it is recommended that you create a user
account for each daemon.
</para>
...
...
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ skip-networking
Bugzilla is currently layed out, the list of what should and should not
be accessible is rather complicated. A new installation method is
currently in the works which should solve this by allowing files that
shouldn't be accessible from the web to be placed in directory outside
shouldn't be accessible from the web to be placed in
a
directory outside
the webroot. See
<ulink
url=
"http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44659"
>
bug 44659
</ulink>
for more information.
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@@ -318,7 +318,8 @@ skip-networking
To test, simply point your web browser at the file; for example, to
test mozilla.org's installation, we'd try to access
<ulink
url=
"http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/localconfig"
/>
. You should get
a
<errorcode>
403
</errorcode>
<errorname>
Forbidden
</errorname>
error.
a
<quote><errorcode>
403
</errorcode>
<errorname>
Forbidden
</errorname></quote>
error.
</para>
<tip>
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...
@@ -372,18 +373,21 @@ skip-networking
Due to internationalization concerns, we are unable to
incorporate by default the code changes suggested by
<ulink
url=
"http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/malicious_code_mitigation.html#3"
>
the
CERT advisory
</ulink>
on this issue.
url=
"http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/malicious_code_mitigation.html#3"
>
the
CERT advisory
</ulink>
on this issue.
If your installation is for an English speaking audience only, making the
change below will prevent this problem.
change in
<xref
linkend=
"security-bugzilla-charset-ex"
/>
will prevent
this problem.
</para>
<para>
Simply locate the following line in
<filename>
Bugzilla/CGI.pm
</filename>
:
<programlisting>
$self->charset('');
</programlisting>
and change it to:
<programlisting>
$self->charset('ISO-8859-1');
</programlisting>
</para>
<example
id=
"security-bugzilla-charset-ex"
>
<para>
Locate the following line in
<filename>
Bugzilla/CGI.pm
</filename>
:
<programlisting>
$self->charset('');
</programlisting>
and change it to:
<programlisting>
$self->charset('ISO-8859-1');
</programlisting>
</para>
</example>
</section>
</section>
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@@ -409,3 +413,4 @@ sgml-parent-document:("Bugzilla-Guide.xml" "book" "chapter")
sgml-shorttag:t
sgml-tag-region-if-active:t
End: -->
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