Re: TO HELL WITH IT THEN......(re: disk-destroyer.c)

From: Andre Hedrick (andre@linux-ide.org)
Date: Fri Jul 21 2000 - 12:36:54 EST


On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Ove Ewerlid wrote:

> I like Andre's perfectionist approach at the protocol level.

Thanks,

Now to restate that it is possible to push the shellstack with the
mini-code that is called disk-destroyer.c with out being root and wax your
system. I hate having to expose everything, but now the hackers of the
world know now to take down Linux Boxes one by one.

You now have no choice, the security issue is exposed.

Andre Hedrick
The Linux ATA/IDE guy

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