From: daw@mozart.cs.berkeley.edu (David Wagner)
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: One for the Security Guru's
Date: 24 Oct 2002 06:04:05 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ap82gl$2jh$1@abraham.cs.berkeley.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20021023130251.GF25422@rdlg.net
Robert L. Harris wrote:
> The consultants aparantly told the company admins that kernel modules
>were a massive security hole and extremely easy targets for root kits.
They were blowing smoke. Once the attacker has root on your machine,
you're toast, whether or not you have loadable modules enabled. The right
defense is to prevent attackers from getting root on your machine; the
consultant's recommendations are probably not the best way to spend your
time and energy.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-10-24 6:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 51+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-10-23 13:02 One for the Security Guru's Robert L. Harris
2002-10-23 13:13 ` John Jasen
2002-10-23 13:20 ` Keith Owens
2002-10-24 7:56 ` Greg KH
2002-10-23 13:45 ` Alan Cox
2002-10-23 13:59 ` Gilad Ben-ossef
2002-10-23 22:14 ` James Cleverdon
2002-10-23 22:17 ` James Stevenson
2002-10-23 22:39 ` James Cleverdon
2002-10-23 22:44 ` James Stevenson
2002-10-24 6:12 ` Gilad Ben-Yossef
2002-11-06 21:39 ` Florian Weimer
2002-10-23 14:57 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-10-23 17:56 ` Gerhard Mack
2002-10-24 9:38 ` Henning P. Schmiedehausen
[not found] ` <ap8f36$8ge$1@dstl.gov.uk>
2002-10-24 10:01 ` Tony Gale
2002-10-24 16:13 ` Gerhard Mack
2002-10-24 16:39 ` Henning P. Schmiedehausen
2002-10-24 16:34 ` David Lang
2002-10-24 17:04 ` Gilad Ben-Yossef
2002-10-25 9:44 ` Henning Schmiedehausen
2002-10-25 20:52 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-10-26 10:43 ` Henning P. Schmiedehausen
2002-10-27 10:17 ` Rogier Wolff
2002-10-28 7:47 ` Chris Wedgwood
2002-10-24 22:02 ` Danny Lepage
2002-10-25 9:40 ` Henning Schmiedehausen
2002-10-24 14:23 ` Gilad Ben-ossef
2002-10-25 4:09 ` Stephen Satchell
2002-10-25 13:47 ` Stephen Frost
2002-10-26 10:38 ` Rogier Wolff
2002-10-26 9:44 ` Rogier Wolff
2002-10-26 10:46 ` Henning P. Schmiedehausen
2002-10-23 16:23 ` Henning P. Schmiedehausen
2002-10-23 17:55 ` David Lang
2002-10-23 19:46 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-10-23 22:15 ` James Stevenson
2002-10-24 9:47 ` Henning P. Schmiedehausen
2002-10-25 12:28 ` Daniel Egger
2002-10-25 15:22 ` Alex Riesen
2002-10-25 16:38 ` Stephen Satchell
2002-10-25 18:21 ` [OT] " J Sloan
2002-10-26 10:40 ` OT " Rogier Wolff
2002-10-24 10:11 ` Ville Herva
2002-10-24 11:09 ` Henning P. Schmiedehausen
2002-10-24 11:55 ` Alan Cox
2002-10-24 14:40 ` Henning P. Schmiedehausen
2002-10-24 15:36 ` Alan Cox
2002-10-24 16:46 ` Eric W. Biederman
2002-10-24 6:04 ` David Wagner [this message]
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2002-10-23 21:49 Hank Leininger
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