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SubjectRe: promiscuous mode

How hard is it for the user who got root to simply install a
different kernel and either reboot or wait for the next reboot. Would you
notice?

JK

On Sun, 24 Mar 1996, Sean Utt wrote:

>
> Hello,
>
> Recently, a user was able to temporarily gain root access on one of my
> systems, and of course the first thing they did was install a password
> sniffer. Why is there not an option when compiling the kernel to
> completely disable promiscuous mode? I started to look over the source
> to see how difficult it would be to just remove the code responsible for
> activating promiscous mode, but I don't have time right now to dig deeper.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> sean
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