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SubjectI QUIT (Re: IDE drive killer question)
On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Enrico Demarin wrote:

>
> I would like to understand better the scope of the IDE-fry-drive issue:
>
> 1) how is going Andre's patch to protect from the case where
> the malicious user compiles a kernel module (or recompiles the kernel),
> eliminating his patch.
>
> As far as i can understand the patch would work only if the malicious
> user gaining rood can't compile a kernel module or get a fresh kernel
> source rebuild it without the patch and run it. that is no kernel-source,
> no compilers, no ftp access to download compilers and kernel source, or
> pre-compiled modules.
>
> The only case where it would help would be to prevent some buffer overflow
> to a root process or some trojan horse to do the dirty job automatically.

I do not understand........

Andre Hedrick
The Linux ATA/IDE guy


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