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From: Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu (Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu) Subject: Re: Funny article On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 15:41:39 +0100, Volker Tanger said: > Well, running a kernel task is a bit difficult to do unprivileged... Well. Yeah. Running as a kernel task is something you should only be doing if there's no alternative, and is *supposed* to be difficult. Unless of course your security model is "everything including the mail program is a kernel task, and when we add normal users, we'll give them full sys admin rights". But that's crazy talk, nobody would be THAT silly when they design their operating system.... -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 226 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/attachments/20031113/e4fbbcde/attachment.bin
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