Re: [PATCH] [SECURITY] suid procs exec'd with bad 0,1,2 fds

Alex Buell (alex.buell@tahallah.demon.co.uk)
Wed, 5 Aug 1998 00:35:55 -0400 (EWT)

On Tue, 4 Aug 1998, Albert D. Cahalan wrote:

> One very good thing about the no-exec patch: whenever the attacker
> makes a mistake, the failure is logged. The admin can then eliminate
> the cracker before the attack succeeds.

I'd prefer the phrase 'terminated with extreme prejudice' over eliminate.
:o)

Cheers,
Alex

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