Re: kernel ring buffer accessible by users

From: Stephan von Krawczynski (skraw@ithnet.com)
Date: Thu Apr 24 2003 - 08:10:21 EST


On 24 Apr 2003 00:31:22 GMT
daw@mozart.cs.berkeley.edu (David Wagner) wrote:

> Julien Oster wrote:
> >Of course one could say "then let's just stop writing out anything in
> >the kernel buffer that COULD be sensitive", but I think this would
> >actually castrate the meaning of such a buffer.
>
> Would it? I can't think of anything that currently should be printed
> to the ring buffer and is known to be secret.

The simple truth is: you cannot really qualify what a "secret" is or is not. It
depends on the _reader_(s' interest), not the _writer_ (s' intention).

Regards,
Stephan
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