From owner-cvs-all Wed Sep 16 00:26:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from daemon@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA21263 for cvs-all-outgoing; Wed, 16 Sep 1998 00:26:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all) Received: from word.smith.net.au (castles205.castles.com [208.214.165.205]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA21213; Wed, 16 Sep 1998 00:26:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word.smith.net.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA00734; Wed, 16 Sep 1998 00:29:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Message-Id: <199809160729.AAA00734@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Andrzej Bialecki cc: John Polstra , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern imgact_elf.c In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 16 Sep 1998 08:42:38 +0200." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 00:29:13 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > On Tue, 15 Sep 1998, John Polstra wrote: > > > jdp 1998/09/15 14:46:35 PDT > > > > Modified files: > > sys/kern imgact_elf.c > > Log: > > Instead of just the data and stack segments, include all writable > > segments (except memory-mapped devices) in the ELF core file. This > > is really nice. You get access to the data areas of all shared > > libraries, and even to files that are mapped read-write. > ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > I wonder if it could be used to gather some security related info out of > core file... How would you propose to do this? Please first study our policy regarding corefile generation and permissions attached thereto. 8) -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com