From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750779AbWDBWfI (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Apr 2006 18:35:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751279AbWDBWfI (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Apr 2006 18:35:08 -0400 Received: from wsip-68-99-153-203.ri.ri.cox.net ([68.99.153.203]:59780 "EHLO blue-labs.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750779AbWDBWfH (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Apr 2006 18:35:07 -0400 Message-ID: <44305193.5080408@kalifornia.com> Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2006 15:34:59 -0700 From: Ben Ford User-Agent: Mail/News 1.5 (X11/20060401) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Who wants to test cracklinux?? References: <20060328221223.80753cab.letterdrop@gmx.de> <20060328224929.GC5760@elf.ucw.cz> In-Reply-To: <20060328224929.GC5760@elf.ucw.cz> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! >> I've written a small kernel module & shared object for kernel 2.6 to >> enable the following for normal users: >> >> - inb()/outb()... via a wrapper function > ioperm() does that already, no? You mean, you enable it for non-root, > too? That's security hole. My OS development classes have a lab of machines that run entirely as root just for these reasons. I think it's valid to allow these operations as non-root in certain situations. It is better than running *everything* as root, no? - -b -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEMFGSInEozL1f7FIRAif7AJ41yzdVRHpiGU3Mqy8ef3aZ4TGNVACfYyED xfZzMo2d5RFO80ciQ1YSo68= =JKdo -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----