Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCHv3 2/3] NETKGDB: Ethernet/UDP/IP KDB transport. | From | Valdis.Kletnieks@vt ... | Date | Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:29:03 -0500 |
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On Sun, 26 Feb 2012 22:30:10 EST, Andrei Warkentin said:
> +Note: the parameter is optional and largely unneeded unless you > +are running a listen server - netkgdb will accept connection from any > +IP on all interfaces and will reconfigure itself appropriately if
This *really* needs a discussion of the security implications of this. Do you *really* want to have a kgdb that will accept connections from *anywhere*? Sounds like an insta-root waiting to happen.
> +the assigned interface IP address changes. This makes it useful > +in an environment where it's not known ahead of time what computer > +will connect to perform the crash analysis.
Exactly. You don't know ahead of time who's going to connect. That's the problem... [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature] | |