Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 19:32:51 -0700 (MST) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Pentium lockup fix in FreeBSD Message-ID: <199711140232.TAA12159@rocky.mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.971113212010.8472T-100000@sasami.jurai.net> References: <199711132335.QAA11405@rocky.mt.sri.com> <Pine.BSF.3.95q.971113212010.8472T-100000@sasami.jurai.net>
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> On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, Nate Williams wrote: > > I think we need to give Jordan a big noogey if he indeed said that. For > > many people with shell machines, running 'crashable' in unacceptable, > > If you're running shell machines where a user can execute arbitrary > non-approved code, your box is root compromised already. (or will be) Not! Just because a user can run a compiler doesn't mean you're root compromised. If you really think that it's impossible to secure your system you've never been a system administrator of a student system whose only purpose in life is to break root, where you learn to make a secure system. :) Nate
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