JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> writes:
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> On 2009-05-01, Frank <FBonXPProX64@biteme.com> wrote:[color=green]
>> Alias wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> Abeel van der Kloothuysen wrote:
>>>> "Alias" <iamalias@NUKE.gmail.com.nuke> schreef in bericht
>>>> news:gssnkm$ve0$9@news.motzarella.org...
>>>>> measekite Da Monkey wrote:
>>>>>> "Alias" <iamalias@NUKE.gmail.com.nuke> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:gssn5l$ve0$3@news.motzarella.org...
>>>>>>> measekite Da Monkey wrote:
>>>>>>>> "Alias" <iamalias@NUKE.gmail.com.nuke> wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:gssmaq$of7$3@news.motzarella.org...
>>>>>>>>> Doctor Smith wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:27:21 +0200, Alias wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Doctor Smith wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:19:18 +0200, Alias wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Doctor Smith wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:32:32 -0700, measekite Da Monkey wrote:[/color][/color]
> [deletia][color=green][color=darkred]
>>> From the article:
>>>
>>> "Linux system administrators typically aren't aware of the potential
>>> dangers of leaving /dev/mem exposed, he says. Lineberry says his goal is
>>> to educate them on this potential security hole. And there's now a way
>>> to defend against such an attack, too: the Linux development community
>>> recently issued a patch to locks down /dev/mem, limiting read and write
>>> access from the outside, he says."
>>>
>>> Alias[/color]
>> Yeah sure...you have to make sure it's installed and...well...and idiot[/color]
>
> What's to be "installed"?
>
> This is something that can be dealt with by simply taking advantage
> of 30 year old Unix security features.
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>> like you proly has an infected box are don't even know it and couldn't
>> tell the difference.[/color]
>
> Yes, a little knowledge can be dangerous.[/color]

It does appear to be that way. You still seem totally oblivious to the
fact that things can be installed in "user space" that are as dangerous
to the user and the network as anything else at the end of the day -
stuff in your own bin dir, naughty aliases, cron jobs etc.

Your little bit of knowledge is truly dangerous.

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