Messages in this thread | | | From | Keith Owens <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] 2.5 PROPOSAL: Replacement for current /proc of shit. | Date | Sat, 03 Nov 2001 00:55:04 +1100 |
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On Fri, 02 Nov 2001 13:39:29 +0100, Martin Dalecki <dalecki@evision-ventures.com> wrote: >Bull shit. Standard policy is currently to keep crude old >interfaces until no end of time. Here are some examples: >... >/proc/ksyms - this is duplicating a system call (and making stuff easier >for intrusors)
Anybody can issue syscall query_module. Removing /proc/ksyms just forces users to run an executable or Perl syscall(). You have not improved security and you have made it harder to report and diagnose problems.
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