Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 1 Feb 1998 01:46:47 -0500 (EST) | From | James Mastros <> | Subject | Re: patch for 2.1.84: configurable execute_program--testers needed |
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On Sat, 31 Jan 1998, Jon Lewis wrote:
> On Sat, 31 Jan 1998, Trevor Johnson wrote: > > I've made a patch which makes the execute_program code in init/main.c a > > configurable option. With this code configured out, the kernel will > > ignore boot options such as "init=/bin/sh"; this can make your system more > > secure. > > What's wrong with the password protection against this sort of thing in > lilo?
Boot-floppy! (of cource, you could just put a kernel on the boot-floppy...) Security through obscrity at it's worst!
-=- James Mastros
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