linux-kernel - Re: Registration Weakness in Linux Kernel's Binary formats

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Message-Id: <1159973741.25772.45.camel@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Wed, 04 Oct 2006 15:55:41 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Chase Venters <chase.venters@...entec.com>
Cc:	Julio Auto <mindvortex@...il.com>, goodfellas@...llcode.com.ar,
	Linux kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@....com>,
	endrazine <endrazine@...il.com>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...l.org>,
	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
Subject: Re: Registration Weakness in Linux Kernel's Binary formats

Ar Maw, 2006-10-03 am 23:25 -0500, ysgrifennodd Chase Venters:
> 	I think it's a little bit silly for a "security researcher" to simultaneously 
> publish stuff in the news and in a developer community, especially if the 
> threat is totally phony to begin with.

Given the way it was carefully fed to slashdot I suspect it may in fact
be someone with brains who wanted to make slashdot look stupid and spoof
them. If so they certainly scored 10/10 on that.

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