From: Ahmed Masud <masud@googgun.com>
To: "Jörn Engel" <joern@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de>
Cc: Yoav Weiss <ml-lkml@unpatched.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: encrypted swap [was: The disappearing sys_call_table export.]
Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 12:32:52 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3EC26FB4.9080800@googgun.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030514162323.GB16093@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de>
Jörn Engel wrote:
> On Wed, 14 May 2003 12:13:03 -0400, Ahmed Masud wrote:
>
>
> How do user *know* that root cannot simply bypass this security?
>
> Root, god, what's the difference? ;-)
Hahah so true so true ... but all gods fall if their worshipers stop
worshiping them ;-)
So ... there are ways. Root is only given this power because it is
allowed that by the operating system kernel. It is always possible to
shunt root out if the kernel chooses to do so. We can actually
construct environments where security officers != system administrators.
Ahmed.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-05-14 16:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-05-13 13:58 The disappearing sys_call_table export Yoav Weiss
2003-05-13 22:51 ` Ahmed Masud
2003-05-13 23:58 ` Yoav Weiss
2003-05-14 10:06 ` encrypted swap [was: The disappearing sys_call_table export.] Ahmed Masud
2003-05-14 12:43 ` Yoav Weiss
2003-05-14 14:02 ` Ahmed Masud
2003-05-14 15:12 ` Yoav Weiss
2003-05-14 14:06 ` Ahmed Masud
2003-05-14 15:20 ` Yoav Weiss
2003-05-14 15:57 ` Jörn Engel
2003-05-14 16:13 ` Ahmed Masud
2003-05-14 16:23 ` Jörn Engel
2003-05-14 16:32 ` Ahmed Masud [this message]
2003-05-14 16:38 ` Ahmed Masud
2003-05-14 18:59 ` Yoav Weiss
2003-05-15 7:24 ` Jörn Engel
2003-05-15 10:16 ` Yoav Weiss
2003-06-12 23:20 ` The disappearing sys_call_table export Nigel Cunningham
2003-06-15 22:37 ` Yoav Weiss
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-05-16 8:19 encrypted swap [was: The disappearing sys_call_table export.] (fwd) Ahmed Masud
2003-05-16 23:09 ` encrypted swap [was: The disappearing sys_call_table export.] Yoav Weiss
2003-05-16 23:39 ` Yoav Weiss
2003-05-17 16:32 ` Hugh Dickins
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