full-disclosure - Re: Linux kernel source archive vulnerable

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Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 18:10:02 +0100
From: FRLinux <frlinux@...il.com>
To: "Hadmut Danisch" <hadmut@...isch.de>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Linux kernel source archive vulnerable

On 9/8/06, Hadmut Danisch <hadmut@...isch.de> wrote:
> Ironically, if Microsoft distributed such files everyone would shout
> "hidden backdoor!"

That's a fact, but don't forget that the upstream kernel is not being
shipped as part of an update to a commercial product. Besides,
permissions are not hidden backdoor. A backdoor by definition is a
mean to access a program, here we are talking sources.

And i'll second the man who said that you should not compile a kernel
on a live system, it should be as stripped as possible.

On this happy note, it's week end time :)
Steph

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