Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 23 Apr 2003 12:56:03 -0300 | From | Werner Almesberger <> | Subject | Re: kernel ring buffer accessible by users |
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Robert Love wrote: > I think the problem is that kernel messages should not contain private > information, like ISDN phone numbers. Why is that even in the kernel?
How do you know what is sensitive information ? A kernel debug message may just say something like "bad message 47 65 68 65 69 6d", and the kernel has no idea that this is actually a password ("Geheim").
- Werner
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