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Date:      Sun, 09 Jul 2000 20:35:23 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
To:        Adam <bsdx@looksharp.net>
Cc:        arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: making the snoop device loadable. 
Message-ID:  <200007100335.UAA01434@mass.osd.bsdi.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 09 Jul 2000 13:45:42 EDT." <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007091330090.407-100000@turtle.looksharp.net> 

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> I think you missed my point.  I'm not talking about hackers at all; if a
> hacker can load a module the game is already over.  I'm talking about
> legit people with root who might do things behind the back of the person
> who compiled the kernel without snp in the first place.  

I think you might want to start worrying about things like "rm" in this 
case, rather than something relatively trivial like the snoop device.

-- 
... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his
rivals and unfortunately opponents also.  But not because people want
to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force
people to take different points of view.  [Dr. Fritz Todt]




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