Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 29 Jan 2006 22:09:23 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 01/04] Add multi-precision-integer maths library |
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Hi!
> >If an attacker has enough privileges for attacking the daemon, he should > >usually also have enough privileges for attacking the kernel. > > Not necessarily, if you have your ssh-keys in ssh-agent, a compromise of > your account (forgot to lock the screen while going to the bathroom? > did the OOM-condition occur which killed the program which locks the > screen? remote compromise of the system? local compromise?) means that a > large array of attacks are possible against the daemon.
Run your ssh-agent on root, then. That's as safe as kernel... And does not add potential security holes into kernel :-). Pavel -- Thanks, Sharp! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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