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Consider mounting /var/lib with exec and /var with noexec #347

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https://github.com/cynicsketch/nix-mineral/blob/e93e88feb772966e4dfd7b272ecb205f5ee95e42/filesystems/normal.nix#L161-L168

It is possible to mount /var/lib with the exec mount option independent of the top level /var in order to preserve the function of any software that keeps executables in /var/lib, whilst still reducing attack surface in the rest of /var.

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