Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: disk-destroyer.c | From | Mark Gray <> | Date | 21 Jul 2000 03:48:54 -0400 |
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Andre Hedrick <andre@linux-ide.org> writes:
> At his point I do not give a damn about data, fs, backups...... > This is pure hardware destruction that anyone can do. > > Why is this such a big fight? > > Does everybody want the kernel to be able to screw itself just by > blinking?
The thing is, Western Digital has activeX apps on their site which will do low level Disk diagnostics, which means an activeX app can also be written to do a low level format (poorly!) or rewrite the firmware. If root can load a module or write to /dev/kmem there is nothing to prevent him doing anything to the hardware he feels like, driver or no driver. If someone gets root on a box then the "admin" did not take proper precautions, which makes it even less likely that he set capabilities to prevent a hostile root from "having his way."
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