Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 23 Jul 2003 22:16:19 +0200 | From | Aurelien Jarno <> | Subject | Re: 2.4.22-pre7: are security issues solved? |
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On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 08:59:03PM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote: > Anyway, I'm not that bothered with making /proc/tty/driver root-only, > even if it is only for what seems to me to be dubious reasons.
Or maybe it is possible to update this information with a longer period. Let's say for example 5 seconds. So it is almost impossible to determine the length of a password.
It is a little more complicated, but it has the advantage that the statistics about the serial ports are still available for normal users.
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