Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 17:17:17 -0700 From: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@execmail.com> To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> Cc: "Dan - Sr. Admin" <dm@globalserve.net>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: paranoid patches Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.4.05.9902181715180.61630-100000@zappa.esys.ca> In-Reply-To: <199902181949.MAA10630@mt.sri.com>
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> > Basically, it is a patch into libkvm and w, that will allow a user (with > > the exception to the super user, naturally) to only view processes or > > information belonging to him/herself. > The only problem with this is setuid binaries. The processes may have > been started by me (top, etc..), but this wouldn't allow me to monitor > the process once it's started. And, anything that can read /dev/[k]mem is free to bypass libkvm and just grovel around in the kernel memory space, anyway. --lyndon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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