bugtraq - Re: Sun M-class hardware denial of service

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Message-ID: <20080929025729.GF21417@baea.com.au>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:27:29 +0930
From: Brett Lymn <blymn@...systems.com.au>
To: Theo de Raadt <deraadt@....openbsd.org>
Cc: Brett Lymn <blymn@...systems.com.au>,
	Florian Weimer <fw@...eb.enyo.de>,
	B 650 <dunc.on.usenet@...glemail.com>, bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: Sun M-class hardware denial of service

On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 08:53:10PM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote:
> 
> Oh you can avoid the problem by using only the vendor recommended
> configurations!
> 

Yes.

> Or so you think.  A Solaris kernel module could trigger exactly the
> same bug.
> 

Uh duh.  You need to read a bit closer - you realise that in a solaris
zone you cannot load a kernel module?  Probably not or you would not
be babbling like this.

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Brett Lymn
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