Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 6 Mar 2001 22:31:51 +0100 | From | Jens Axboe <> | Subject | Re: Microsoft ZERO Sector Virus, Result of Taskfile WAR |
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On Tue, Mar 06 2001, Andre Hedrick wrote: > > But I might want to do this (write sector 0), why would we want > > to filter that? If someone a) uses an email client that will execute > > java script code (or whatever) and b) runs that as root (which > > he would have to do, surely no ordinary user has privileges to send > > arbitrary commands) then he gets what he deserves. > > Jens we are not going there....the filter is the only way known to jam > unknown commands, and you missed the point of the issue then and I think > you still miss it. "arbitrary commands" + wrong hander is lock-up.
I'm perfectly aware of the handler issue. So make it part of the user space taskfile interface in a nice way, done and done. And I knew I shouldn't have replied to this, the last thing I want to do is start another flamewar :-)
So EOD from me.
-- Jens Axboe
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