Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: 2.3 wish: integrate pcmcia into mainstream kernel | Date | Sun, 13 Jun 1999 14:17:26 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> > If they can run insmod or trash module objects, they can replace the kernel > > and run lilo, then force a reboot. I see no security improvement, and it's > > not *that* much harder. > > But a reboot is detectable...
Not very. A server goes offline for 5 minutes at 4am. When you get back to it all it says is that its been up all this time and the log has a pile of ethernet errors in it
Did your hub burp, did the card burp, did someone reboot it, put the clock back and fake the errors ?
Alan
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