Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 2 Jul 2001 14:49:11 +0200 (MET DST) | From | Andries.Brouwer@cwi ... | Subject | Re: [PATCH] more SAK stuff |
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>> (a) It does less, namely will not kill processes with uid 0. >> Ted, any objections?
Alan:
> That breaks the security guarantee. Suppose I use a setuid app to confuse > you into doing something ?
You confuse me? Unlikely :-)
Indeed, discussion is possible. I think my version is more secure and more useful, but if you disagree, delete the lines /* do not kill root processes */ if (p->uid == 0) continue;
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