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Date:      Sun, 9 Jul 2000 19:59:26 +0200
From:      Wilko Bulte <wkb@chello.nl>
To:        Adam <bsdx@looksharp.net>
Cc:        "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>, Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: making the snoop device loadable.
Message-ID:  <20000709195926.D552@freebie.wbnet>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007091330090.407-100000@turtle.looksharp.net>; from bsdx@looksharp.net on Sun, Jul 09, 2000 at 01:45:42PM -0400
References:  <3968839A.2A70D91F@newsguy.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007091330090.407-100000@turtle.looksharp.net>

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On Sun, Jul 09, 2000 at 01:45:42PM -0400, Adam wrote:
> On Sun, 9 Jul 2000, Daniel C. Sobral wrote:
> 
> >Adam wrote:

> I think you missed my point.  I'm not talking about hackers at all; if a
> hacker can load a module the game is already over.  I'm talking about
> legit people with root who might do things behind the back of the person
> who compiled the kernel without snp in the first place.  

You should not give root to people who are not trusted/trustable. Or carry
as sharp axe to keep them between the lines ;-)

-- 
Wilko Bulte  	 	http://www.freebsd.org  "Do, or do not. There is no try"
wilko@freebsd.org	http://www.nlfug.nl	Yoda - The Empire Strikes Back


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