Re: Security stuff

[Jo Even Skarstein <joska@nvg.ntnu.no>]

On Sat, 13 Sep 1997, Anthony Jacques wrote:

> > At this occasion I would like to remind, that the discuss began when I
> > posted a mail on it is possible to remove root process using ftpd. This
> > needs an immediate fix without any doubt, the rest may wait.
> 
> Yes, nobody (AFAIK) is objecting to the patching of this hole - it is a
> flaw which at the moment is quite risky...

:-) My friends here at NVG (www.nvg.org) was quite shocked when I ftp'ed
to my Falcon from a linux-box, deleted /proc/init.001 and the Falcon went
down instantly...


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