Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 22 Jul 2000 01:03:56 +0200 | From | Vojtech Pavlik <> | Subject | Re: TO HELL WITH IT THEN......(re: disk-destroyer.c) |
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On Fri, Jul 21, 2000 at 03:43:06PM -0700, David Ford wrote: > Andre Hedrick wrote: > > > On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Ove Ewerlid wrote: > > > > > I like Andre's perfectionist approach at the protocol level. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Now to restate that it is possible to push the shellstack with the > > mini-code that is called disk-destroyer.c with out being root and wax your > > system. I hate having to expose everything, but now the hackers of the > > world know now to take down Linux Boxes one by one. > > > > You now have no choice, the security issue is exposed. > > I would much rather publicly expose myself after the patch had gone into the > kernel. As it stands now in the worst light, people's hardware is going to > be destroyed because they A) don't have a patched kernel and B) most people > haven't a clue -how- to patch their kernel. So they're hung out to dry > waiting until their distro has a patched kernel.
No, their hardware will be fried even when they do have the patched kernel. That's the whole point.
-- Vojtech Pavlik SuSE Labs
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