Messages in this thread | | | From | Bernd Eckenfels <> | Subject | Re: Why Ext2/3 needs immutable attribute? | Date | Sun, 17 Apr 2005 21:47:55 +0200 |
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In article <4ae3c140504170912b36e9b1@mail.gmail.com> you wrote: > Yes. I know, with immutable, even root cannot modify sensitive > files. What I am curious is if an intruder has root access, he may > have many ways to turn off the immutable protection and modify files.
If you secure your system correctly (i.e make /dev/*mem imutable, disalow module loading, restrict io... (and I admit it is quite complicated to find all holes and secure it correctly without additional ptches like SELinux)) then even root cant gt arround immutable or append only (without rebooting).
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