From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.11] helo=sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1D96Iz-0002qS-UT for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 09 Mar 2005 10:53:13 -0800 Received: from bay24-f35.bay24.hotmail.com ([64.4.18.85] helo=hotmail.com) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1D96Iy-0001xp-85 for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 09 Mar 2005 10:53:13 -0800 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <200503091134.12352.blaisorblade@yahoo.it> From: "Steve Schmidtke" Subject: Re: [uml-devel] RE: uml_switch security fixing Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Sender: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: The user-mode Linux development list List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2005 18:53:07 +0000 To: blaisorblade@yahoo.it, user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: kraxel@bytesex.org Blaisorblade wrote: >But an unpatched UML won't work with a newer uml_net binary (for SLIP usage >only and only for closing the interface, I mean), right? Correct. I think uml_net would need to manage a database of who opened what to do what you suggest. >I also looked at the versioning for uml_net, but what happens is that we >can >only stop unpatched uml_net from working with newer UML for any protocol, >not >anything else. So I won't change that. However, I just saw that we did it >correctly until Version 3 of the uml_net protocol... >I wonder what has happened after. I'd like to know this too. It is odd that it was only the shutdown of the interface that changed, it worked perfectly well before. > > Agreed, tuntap is a compile time option, slip should be as well. >Ok... tuntap is compile-time because of a rough check for host support. Yes, but uml_net is suid. I may not want my users to be able to set up slip devices on their own (why? I don't know, I'm just paranoid that way). Steve Schmidtke ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel