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><P
><I
>Putting your money in a wall safe is better protection than
	depending on the fact that no one knows that you hide your
	money in a mayonnaise jar in your fridge.</I
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>&#13;	Poorly-configured MySQL, Bugzilla, and FTP installations have
	given attackers full access to systems in the past.  Please
	take these guidelines seriously, even for Bugzilla machines
	hidden away behind your firewall.  80% of all computer
	trespassers are insiders, not anonymous crackers.
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>&#13;      Secure your installation.
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>&#13;	  These instructions must, of necessity, be somewhat vague
	  since Bugzilla runs on so many different platforms.  If you
	  have refinements of these directions for specific platforms,
	  please submit them to <A
HREF="mailto://mozilla-webtools@mozilla.org"
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>mozilla-webtools@mozilla.org</A
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>&#13;	    Ensure you are running at least MysQL version 3.22.32 or
	    newer.  Earlier versions had notable security holes and
	    poorly secured default configuration choices.
	  </P
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><LI
><P
><EM
>There is no substitute for understanding the
	      tools on your system!</EM
> Read <A
HREF="http://www.mysql.com/documentation/mysql/bychapter/manual_Privilege_system.html"
TARGET="_top"
> The MySQL Privilege System</A
> until you can recite it from memory!</P
><P
>&#13;	    At the very least, ensure you password the "mysql -u root"
	    account and the "bugs" account, establish grant table
	    rights (consult the Keystone guide in Appendix C: The
	    Bugzilla Database for some easy-to-use details) that do
	    not allow CREATE, DROP, RELOAD, SHUTDOWN, and PROCESS for
	    user "bugs".  I wrote up the Keystone advice back when I
	    knew far less about security than I do now : )
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><LI
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>&#13;	    Lock down /etc/inetd.conf.  Heck, disable inet entirely on
	    this box.  It should only listen to port 25 for Sendmail
	    and port 80 for Apache.
	  </P
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>&#13;	    Do not run Apache as <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"nobody"</SPAN
>.  This will
	    require very lax permissions in your Bugzilla directories.
	    Run it, instead, as a user with a name, set via your
	    httpd.conf file.
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>&#13;		<SPAN
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>"nobody"</SPAN
> is a real user on UNIX systems.
		Having a process run as user id <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"nobody"</SPAN
>
		is absolutely no protection against system crackers
		versus using any other user account.  As a general
		security measure, I recommend you create unique user
		ID's for each daemon running on your system and, if
		possible, use "chroot" to jail that process away from
		the rest of your system.
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>&#13;	    Ensure you have adequate access controls for the
	    $BUGZILLA_HOME/data/ and $BUGZILLA_HOME/shadow/
	    directories, as well as the $BUGZILLA_HOME/localconfig and
	    $BUGZILLA_HOME/globals.pl files. The localconfig file
	    stores your "bugs" user password, which would be terrible
	    to have in the hands of a criminal, while the "globals.pl"
	    stores some default information regarding your
	    installation which could aid a system cracker. In
	    addition, some files under $BUGZILLA_HOME/data/ store
	    sensitive information, and $BUGZILLA_HOME/shadow/ stores
	    bug information for faster retrieval.  If you fail to
	    secure these directories and this file, you will expose
	    bug information to those who may not be allowed to see it.
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>&#13;	      Bugzilla provides default .htaccess files to protect the
	      most common Apache installations.  However, you should
	      verify these are adequate according to the site-wide
	      security policy of your web server, and ensure that the
	      .htaccess files are allowed to "override" default
	      permissions set in your Apache configuration files.
	      Covering Apache security is beyond the scope of this
	      Guide; please consult the Apache documentation for
	      details.
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><P
>&#13;	      If you are using a web server that does not support the
	      .htaccess control method, <EM
>you are at
		risk!</EM
>  After installing, check to see if
	      you can view the file "localconfig" in your web browser
	      (e.g.:  <A
HREF="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/localconfig"
TARGET="_top"
> http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/localconfig</A
>).  If you can read the contents of this file, your web server has not secured your bugzilla directory properly and you must fix this problem before deploying Bugzilla.  If, however, it gives you a "Forbidden" error, then it probably respects the .htaccess conventions and you are good to go.
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>&#13;	    On Apache, you can use .htaccess files to protect access
	    to these directories, as outlined in <A
HREF="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57161"
TARGET="_top"
>Bug 57161</A
> for the localconfig file, and <A
HREF="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65572"
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> Bug 65572</A
> for adequate protection in your data/ and shadow/ directories.
	  </P
><P
>&#13;	    Note the instructions which follow are Apache-specific.
	    If you use IIS, Netscape, or other non-Apache web servers,
	    please consult your system documentation for how to secure
	    these files from being transmitted to curious users.
	  </P
><P
>&#13;	    Place the following text into a file named ".htaccess",
	    readable by your web server, in your $BUGZILLA_HOME/data
	    directory. <P
CLASS="literallayout"
>&nbsp;&#60;Files&nbsp;comments&#62;&nbsp;allow<br>
	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;from&nbsp;all&nbsp;&#60;/Files&#62;&nbsp;deny&nbsp;from&nbsp;all&nbsp;</P
>
	  </P
><P
>&#13;	    Place the following text into a file named ".htaccess",
	    readable by your web server, in your $BUGZILLA_HOME/
	    directory. <P
CLASS="literallayout"
>&nbsp;&#60;Files&nbsp;localconfig&#62;&nbsp;deny<br>
	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;from&nbsp;all&nbsp;&#60;/Files&#62;&nbsp;allow&nbsp;from&nbsp;all&nbsp;</P
>
	  </P
><P
>&#13;	    Place the following text into a file named ".htaccess",
	    readable by your web server, in your $BUGZILLA_HOME/shadow
	    directory. <P
CLASS="literallayout"
>&nbsp;deny&nbsp;from&nbsp;all&nbsp;</P
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