From owner-freebsd-security Wed Jun 16 16:33:21 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from zerlargal.humbug.org.au (zerlargal.humbug.org.au [203.18.94.159]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 048A014CB9 for ; Wed, 16 Jun 1999 16:33:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bc@thehub.com.au) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=zerlargal.humbug.org.au) by zerlargal.humbug.org.au with smtp (Exim 2.12 #2) id 10uP8z-0008hE-00 for security@FreeBSD.ORG; Thu, 17 Jun 1999 09:30:57 +1000 Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 09:30:57 +1000 (EST) From: Bruce Campbell X-Sender: bc@zerlargal.humbug.org.au To: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: some nice advice.... In-Reply-To: <199906162224.QAA02435@harmony.village.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Warner Losh wrote: > In message Pete Fritchman writes: > : If you get compromised, why does it matter? > : The attacker compiles a new kernel, waits for you to reboot, boom. > > Nope. My kernel is set schg and i run at a high secure level so you > can't replace my kernel. Cue burning your own bootable CD and booting from that. --==-- Bruce. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message