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SubjectRe: do_coredump and O_NOFOLLOW
From Valdis.Kletnieks@vt ...
DateWed, 15 Aug 2007 11:12:58 -0400
On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:03:39 +0800, gshan said:

> Bernd, Thanks for your reply. I don't think there are any hostile users
> on the system. So it's relatively of security. I didn't hear of coreadm
> tool before, Linux will become more powerful with coreadm.

Well, *right now* you don't have hostile users. However, that can change, if a
user's password gets compromised (often because they left it on a stick-it note
on the monitor), or if somebody is running Firefox and accidentally hits a
malicious site that exploits a Firefox bug, or if one of your company's
employees didn't get the raise they wanted, so they're quitting and planning to
kill the system on their way out the door....
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