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SubjectRe: "Exception at ..." with 2.1.9 and 2.1.10 kernels
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In linux.dev.kernel, rlk@sunspot.tiac.net (Robert Krawitz) wrote:

>Unfortunately, since each exception results in printing to the
>console, it's potentially a way for an attacker to hose the machine
>and/or fill up /var (in a fairly mild denial of service attack).

It is probably a good idea to be able to turn them off. I can't
see anybody running crashme on 2.1.11 for a long time otherwise...
I broke it off (by telnetting in) precisely because of that.

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