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Date:      Wed, 16 Sep 1998 00:29:13 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Andrzej Bialecki <abial@nask.pl>
Cc:        John Polstra <jdp@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern imgact_elf.c 
Message-ID:  <199809160729.AAA00734@word.smith.net.au>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 16 Sep 1998 08:42:38 %2B0200." <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9809160840180.17001-100000@korin.warman.org.pl> 

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> 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.

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