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Date:      Sat, 3 Mar 2001 12:29:38 -0600
From:      "Michael C . Wu" <keichii@iteration.net>
To:        James Howard <howardjp@well.com>
Cc:        Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>, Dan Phoenix <dphoenix@bravenet.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: easy way to crash freebsd
Message-ID:  <20010303122938.A31278@peorth.iteration.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0103031304470.11768-100000@z.glue.umd.edu>; from howardjp@well.com on Sat, Mar 03, 2001 at 01:05:24PM -0500
References:  <3AA0AE20.653196F8@softweyr.com> <Pine.GSO.4.21.0103031304470.11768-100000@z.glue.umd.edu>

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On Sat, Mar 03, 2001 at 01:05:24PM -0500, James Howard scribbled:
| On Sat, 3 Mar 2001, Wes Peters wrote:
| 
| > You don't even have to overwrite it some times.  Accessing word-size-only
| > registers in memory a byte at a time can cause a bus error and panic...
| 
| I have never worked with FreeBSD at this low a level.  How does one do
| this and why?  :)

1. You never do this.
2. Wes and Alfred were pointing out the logical errors made
   by a certain user.  When you can modify /etc/resolv.conf 
   at will, you are root.  What point is there when the "malicious"
   "user" (if we can call him just a user at this point)? :)
3. Like Wes and Alfred said, accessing /dev/mem could be fun. 
   
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